Social Responsibility and Rangelands Conservation: An Investigation on Mobile Pastoralists in Golestan Province, Iran
Subject Areas : Socio-EconomicsBahareh Behmanesh 1 , Ahmad Abedi Sarvestani 2 , Hossein Barani 3 , Mohammad Reza Shahraki 4 , Majid Mohammad Esmaeili 5
1 - Assistant prof.,Gonbad Kavous University
2 - Faculty Member, Gorgan of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
3 - Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
4 - Researcher and Range Management Expert, Golestan Province Headquarters of Natural Resources and Watershed Management, Gorgan, Iran
5 - Gonbad Kavoos University
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