Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Tables; List of figures; List of Boxes<br>PART 1 The Context<br>1. Central Asia’s Bio-Physical Context: Key Features, Challenges, Responses and Opportunities; Daniel Masseli and Inam-ur-Rahim<br>2. Better land stewardship: an economic and environmental imperative if there is to be sustainable development; Victor Squires<br>3. Evolution of land use in nomadic culture in Central Asia with special reference to Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan; R.M. Rahimon<br>PART 2 Land stewardship: from concept to practice<br>4. Land stewardship in practice – An example from the Eastern Pamirs of Tajikistan; Kim André Vanselow, Tobias Kraudzun and Cyrus Samimi<br>5. Better land stewardship to avert poverty and land degradation in Afghanistan; M.H. Emadi<br>6. Extensive Livestock Production: Afghanistan’s Kuchi herders, risks to and strategies for their survival; Michael Jacobs and Catherine A. Schloeder<br>7. Constraints and barriers to better land stewardship: analysis of PRAs in Tajikistan; Barno Kurbanova<br>PART 3 Protecting Rural livelihoods: the key to land stewardship<br>8. Rural livelihoods in Tajikistan: what factors and policies influence the income and well-being of rural families; Zvi Lerman<br>9. Livestock management problems and policies in Tajikistan: implications for land stewardship; David Sedik<br>10. Rangeland-based livestock: a vital sub sector under threat in Tajikistan; Paul J.H. Strong and Victor Squires<br>PART 4 Creating the enabling environment<br>11. Pastoral Tenure in Central Asia: theme and variation in the five former Soviet republics; Sarah Robinson, Stefan Michel, Christoph Wiedemann, Yerlan Zhumabayev and Navinder Singh<br>12. Governance and the role of institutions in sustainable development; Victor Squires<br>13. Land Tenure Reform in Tajikistan: Implications For Land Stewardship and Social Sustainability: A Case study; Nargis HalimovaPART 5 Land protection<br>14. Engaging with land users; the first steps on a long road; Hua Limin and Zhang Degang <br>15. Fostering community-based stewardship of wildlife in Central Asia: transforming snow leopards from pests into valued assets; Rodney Jackson<br>16. Participatory Management of Desert Rangelands to Improve Food Security and Sustain the Natural Resource Base in Uzbekistan; M. Shaumarov, K.N. Toderich, E.V. Shuyskaya, S. Ismail, T. Radjabov & Osamu Kozan<br>PART 6 Where to from here?<br>17. International perspectives on legislative and administrative reforms as an aid to better land stewardship in Central Asia; Ian Hannam<br>18. Conclusions and a way forward; John E. Leake<br>Glossary of terms; List of abbreviations and acronyms;Index
