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Marius Warg Næss2023-09-13T04:33:59+00:00weekly0.6https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/students/2023-09-08T09:12:03+00:00weekly0.6https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/2015/11/20/predatory-or-prey-the-rise-of-nomadic-empires/2023-05-16T04:51:33+00:00monthlyhttps://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/2013/09/24/nomadic-pastoralism-a-tentative-definition/https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img378.jpgTibetan pastoralistshttps://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img365.jpgMilkinghttps://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img249.jpgCashmere1https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img219.jpgCashmere22023-05-16T04:44:01+00:00monthlyhttps://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/2017/02/14/the-pursuit-of-populations-collapses-long-term-dynamics-of-semi-domestic-reindeer-in-sweden/https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/rein3.jpgrein3https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/rein2.jpgrein2https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/rein1.jpgrein12020-06-03T14:29:52+00:00monthlyhttps://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/2015/07/07/market-economy-vs-risk-management-how-do-nomadic-pastoralists-respond-to-increasing-meat-prices/https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/marketvsrisk.pngmarketvsriskhttps://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1791.jpgReindeerReindeer herd in corral. (C) Bård-Jørgen Bårdsen.2017-02-22T10:50:27+00:00monthlyhttps://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/2016/02/05/tibetan-lives-hunting/https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wolf1ambio.jpgWOLF1(Ambio)https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/bluesheep1.jpgBLUESHEEP1https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/poaching2.jpgpoaching2https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/poaching3.jpgpoaching3https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kiang1.jpgkiang1https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kiang2.jpgkiang2https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/gazelle1.jpggazelle1https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/wyak1.jpgwyak1https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/chiru1.jpgchiru1https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/chiru4.jpgchiru42017-02-22T10:49:35+00:00monthlyhttps://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/2014/04/02/tibetan-lives-lhasa/https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/potala102.jpgPotalaAs one can see (if looking closely) the architecture changes at the far left to a more Tibetan style. View from the roof of the Potala Palace. Photo: (C) Marius Warg Næss.https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/potala92.jpgPotalaThe Potala Palace forms the basis of the Chinese section of Lhasa. The Tibetan parts and the Jokhang Temple is located in the left direction (out of sight). Photo: (C) Marius Warg Næss.https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/potala112.jpgPotalaThe main entrance of the Potala Palace. The Potala consists of a White Palace used for secular purposes with living quarters, offices etc. The Red Palace had religious functions with tombs, assembly halls, chapels, shrines and libraries containing Buddhist scriptures. The yellow portion between the Red and White Palace housed giant thangkas. Photo: (C) Marius Warg Næss.https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/potala13.jpgPotalaThe Potala Palace. Photo: (C) Marius Warg Næsshttps://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/barkor22.jpgBarkhorThe Barkhor is a sacred pilgrim path, a lively marketplace and a social center. Pilgrims walk clockwise around the temple twirling prayer wheels and chanting mantras. Others go around the street in prostration. Photo: (C) Marius Warg Næss.https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/monk_debate91.jpgmonk_debate9https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/monk_debate51.jpgmonk_debate5https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/monk_debate31.jpgmonk_debate3https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/johkang32.jpgjohkang3https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/chorten1.jpgchorten2017-02-22T10:46:19+00:00monthlyhttps://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/2014/11/12/whats-killing-the-reindeer/https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/compensation.jpgcompensationhttps://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/compensation.pngCompensationThe changing relationship between predation compensation and reindeer abundance in Norway. https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/reindeer.pngTemporal trends in abundance and compensationTemporal abundance in reindeer abundance and predation compensation for the reindeer husbandry in Norway. Copied from: Næss, M. W., Bårdsen, B.-J., Pedersen, E., and Tveraa, T. (2011). Pastoral herding strategies and governmental management objectives: predation compensation as a risk buffering strategy in the Saami reindeer husbandry. Human Ecology 39(4):489-508.https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bjb2.jpgReindeerHerd of reindeer in corral. Photo: Bård-Jørgen Bårdsen (C)2017-02-22T10:45:56+00:00monthlyhttps://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/2014/12/15/hierarchies-new-research-project-from-the-research-council-of-norway/2017-02-22T10:45:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/2015/02/05/workshop-in-tromso-february-18/2017-02-22T10:45:10+00:00monthlyhttps://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/2015/12/18/reindeer-husbandry-in-a-globalizing-north-resilience-adaptations-and-pathways-for-actions-reign/2017-02-22T10:44:07+00:00monthlyhttps://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/2015/03/20/anthropology-science-and-the-challenge-of-subjectivity/2017-02-22T10:43:24+00:00monthlyhttps://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/2015/06/26/summer-school-in-kyrgyzstan/https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc_02171.jpgDSC_0217Reindeer rock art at the Rock Art sites of Cholpon Ata.https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc05661.jpg_DSC0566????????????????????????????????????https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc05951.jpg_DSC0595????????????????????????????????????https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc05241.jpg_DSC0524????????????????????????????????????https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc05131.jpg_DSC0513Herding animals back to camp.https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc04391.jpg_DSC0439Herder on horseback.https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc06461.jpg_DSC0646A herd of animals.https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc03671.jpg_DSC0367One of the beautiful valleys we visited during the fieldwork assignments. Issyk Kul is in the background.https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc03851.jpg_DSC0385A herder milking a horse.https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc04061.jpg_DSC0406Students interviewing herders.2017-02-22T10:42:52+00:00monthlyhttps://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/2016/09/20/new-research-paper-about-cooperation-in-groups-of-saami-reindeer-herders/2016-09-20T08:04:16+00:00monthlyhttps://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/2013/08/08/tibetan-lives-nomads-in-the-aru-basin/https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img156.jpgHerd of sheep and goatsTibetan herd of sheep and goatshttps://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img116.jpgimg116https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img084.jpgimg084https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img037.jpgimg037https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img383.jpgimg383https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img381.jpgimg381https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img304.jpgimg304https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img418.jpgimg418https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img417.jpgimg417https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img323.jpgimg3232014-04-03T14:28:04+00:00monthlyhttps://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/2013/09/24/nomadic-pastoralism-importance-and-distribution/https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/picture1.pngDistributionAreas of extensive, moderately intensive and intensive pasture systems throughout the world. Source: Neely, C., Bunning, S., and Wilkes, A. (2009). Review of evidence on drylands pastoral systems and climate change - Implications and opportunities for mitigation and adaptation. Land and Water Discussion Paper. 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