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Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez

Professor of Rangeland Ecology & Management, Colorado State University
Verified email at colostate.edu
Cited by 9602

Lessons from the dzud: Community-based rangeland management increases the adaptive capacity of Mongolian herders to winter disasters

ME Fernández-Giménez, B Batkhishig, B Batbuyan… - World Development, 2015 - Elsevier
We investigated the role of formal community-based natural resource management (CBNRM)
in responding and adapting to the 2009–10 winter weather disaster in Mongolia, by …

THE ROLE OF MONGOLIAN NOMADIC PASTORALISTS'ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE IN RANGELAND MANAGEMENT

ME Fernandez-Gimenez - Ecological applications, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Past stereotypes of indigenous pastoralists as ignorant and environmentally destructive are
being revised as ecological and social science research advances. As yet, little …

Six modes of co-production for sustainability

…, C Cvitanovic, ME Fernández-Giménez… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The promise of co-production to address complex sustainability challenges is compelling.
Yet, co-production, the collaborative weaving of research and practice, encompasses diverse …

Pyrenean pastoralists' ecological knowledge: documentation and application to natural resource management and adaptation

ME Fernández-Giménez, F Fillat Estaque - Human Ecology, 2012 - Springer
Pastoral production systems in the Spanish Pyrenees have changed dramatically in recent
decades, leading to the loss of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK). We documented TEK …

Sustaining the steppes: a geographical history of pastoral land use in Mongolia

ME Fernándezgiménez - Geographical Review, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
Recent shifts in Mongolia's politics and economy have changed pastoral land‐use patterns
and charged debate over how pasturelands are allocated and regulated in a market economy…

[HTML][HTML] Exploring linked ecological and cultural tipping points in Mongolia

ME Fernández-Giménez, NH Venable, J Angerer… - Anthropocene, 2017 - Elsevier
We review evidence of Holocene climate, vegetation, and cultural changes in Mongolia and
critically examine evidence that Mongolia’s steppes are at the brink of ecological and …

Prospects for the sustainability of social-ecological systems (SES) on the Mongolian plateau: five critical issues

…, GM Henebry, ME Fernández-Giménez… - Environmental …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
… , Fernández-Giménez et al 2012) has resulted in much higher rates of land degradation
compared to MG (Fernández-Giménez et … Fernández-Giménez ME 2001 The effects of livestock …

Spatial and social boundaries and the paradox of pastoral land tenure: a case study from postsocialist Mongolia

ME Fernandez-Gimenez - Human ecology, 2002 - Springer
Mobile pastoralists are subject to potentially conflicting needs for secure resource tenure and
socially and spatially flexible patterns of resource use. This paradox of pastoral land tenure …

[HTML][HTML] Co-productive agility and four collaborative pathways to sustainability transformations

…, L Charli-Joseph, ME Fernández-Giménez… - Global Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Co-production, the collaborative weaving of research and practice by diverse societal actors,
is argued to play an important role in sustainability transformations. Yet, there is still poor …

Dynamics and resilience of rangelands and pastoral peoples around the globe

RS Reid, ME Fernández-Giménez… - Annual Review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Rangelands cover more of Earth's land surface than any other type of land. They have variable
and harsh climates, are sparsely populated and remote from markets, produce significant …