Abstract
Agrarian and conservational problems facing the Russian steppes at the beginning of the twenty-first century are interrelated. We discuss the background and causes of the agrarian landscape degradation in the Russian steppe zone, including the virgin land campaign and other steppe exploitation policies, the agrarian developments in the steppe zone, the recent regeneration of secondary steppes on fallows, and a system of steppe land use modernization based on a restorative and adaptive land management concept, as an answer to the present challenges in the Russian steppe zone, and serving both ecological and rural economical goals. We emphasize that the Russian steppe zone has an excellent potential for pasturing animal husbandry and that it allows the development of an adaptive meat industry in the Russian steppe areas adjacent to Kazakhstan.
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This work is supported by the Urals Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, project # 09-T-5-1027 “The geographical premises of sustainable land use in mountain and subarid (steppe) regions of the Urals and Zavolzhia”.
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Levykin, S.V., Chibilyov, A.A., Kazachkov, G.V. (2012). Land Use Modernization and Agrarian and Conservation Prospects in the Russian Steppe. In: Werger, M., van Staalduinen, M. (eds) Eurasian Steppes. Ecological Problems and Livelihoods in a Changing World. Plant and Vegetation, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3886-7_19
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