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