Appreciation is extended to the pastoralists, farmers and project staff who shared their knowledge and experience, providing a wealth of information and enlightened insights into the condition and use of their pastoral systems, and in particular the four projects noted below.
Bhutan - Grassland Survey and Integrated Pasture Development in the High Mountain Region (Project TCP/BHU/4505), 1987. Dasho Kinzang Dorji (Director) and staff of the Animal Husbandry Department; Dr Phuntsho Wangdi (AHD), Project National Coordinator; Counterpart, Mr Pema Rinzin of the Serbithang Temperate Fodder Research Centre; Mr Andrea Sertoli, APO/FAO Pasture Research; and Mrs Daphne Mattravers, Programme Officer, FAO, Thimphu.
China - Gansu Integrated Desert Control and Sustainable Agriculture Project (CPR/91/111), 1997. Mr Wang Jihe, National Project Director and Director of GDCRI, and staff of the Project Management Office. Counterparts Mr Gao Zhihai, Head of the Project GIS/Range Management Section and Associate Professor, GDCRI; Mr Ding Feng and Mr Wei Huaidong, technicians of the GIS/Range Management Section; and Mr Li Faming, Head of the Range Management Section.
Ethiopia - Assistance to Land Use Planning - Phase III (Project ETH/87/006), 1989. Ato Fikru Abebe, Director of the Land Use Planning and Regulatory Department; Ato Mengistu Negash, Leader of the Agro-Ecology Section and National Project Coordinator; Mengesha Dadebo, Assistant Land Use Planning Expert; and Melkamu Derb, Assistant Agroclimatologist.
Sudan - Forestry Development Project (Project GCP/SUD/047/NET), 1994. Professor Hassan Osman Abdel Nour, Director General of the Forests National Corporation; Mr Leontios I. Leontiades, Chief Technical Advisor; Mr Mohamed El Aichouni, Community Forestry/Extension Officer of GCP/SUD/047/NET; Mr Balla Musa Yassin, Rawashda and Wad Kabo Forest Circle Manager Gedaref; and Mr Mohamed Fadl Elmoula, Range and Pasture Administration.
Chapters One to Four were based on a draft of the Rangeland/Natural Pasture Component of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Guidelines for Natural Resource Management for Rural Poverty Alleviation, written by P.S. Harris. Gratitude is expressed to IFAD for permission to use the draft.
Stephen Reynolds provided comments on an earlier version of the manuscript, and Jim Suttie undertook initial editing. Final editing, formatting and production of camera-ready copy was by Thorgeir Lawrence.
