About the Editors; List of Contributors; Foreword by Sari Soderstrom (World Bank, Washington) Foreword by Frank Radstake (Asian Development Bank, Manila) Preface by Editors Acknowledgements PART I: Rangeland systems and People under pressure 1. North-west China\'s rangelands and peoples: Facts, figures, challenges and responses; V. R. Squires and Hua Limin 2. Livestock husbandry development and agro-pastoral integration in Gansu and Xinjiang; V. R. Squires and Hua Limin PART II: Combating rangeland degradation 3. Exploring the options in North-west China pastoral lands; V.R .Squires, Hua Limin Li Guolin and Zhang Degang 4. Ecological restoration and control of rangeland degradation: Livestock management; Brant Kirychuck and Bazil Fritz 5. Ecological restoration and control of rangeland degradation: Rangeland management interventions; V. R. Squires, Hua Limin and Zhang Degang PART III: Achieving the global objectives 6. Biodiversity of plants and animals in mountain ecosystems; Zhao Cheng-Zhang and V.R. Squires 7. Carbon sequestration and the implications for rangeland management; Long Ruijun Shang Zhanhuan, Li Xiaogan, Jiang Ping-an, Jia Hong-tao and V.R. Squires 8. Protecting local breeds of livestock; Liang Xia, Wang Cailian and V R Squires PART IV: Improving the profitability and sustainability of herding and farming in the pastoral areas of North-West China 9. Agro-pastoral integration: development of a new paradigm; Zhang Degang, Ren Jizhou, Hua Limin and V.R. Squires 10. Improved animal husbandry practices as a basis for profitability; Wu Jianping, V.R. Squires and Yang Lian 11. Herders\' income and expenditure: perceptions and expectations; Hua Limin and D L Michalk 12. Land tenure: problems, prospects and reform; Wang Meiping Zhao Cheng-zhang Hua Limin and V. R. Squires PART V: The way forward 13. Environmental education: a tool for changing the mind-set; Zhao Cheng-Zhang and V.R. Squires 14. Redesigning livestock systems to improve householdincome and reduce stocking rates in China\'s western grasslands; D L Michalk, Hua Limin, D R Kemp, Randall Jones, Taro Takahashi, Wu JianPing, Nan Zhibiao, Xu Zhu and Han Guodong 15.Towards Ecological Restoration and Management in China\'s northwest pastoral zone; V.R. Squires, Hua Limin, Zhang Degang and Li Guolin List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes Index