ABSTRACT
Currently many countries around the world, including the most developed countries, consider pastoralism as a valuable economic and cultural asset (Kerven and Benke, 2011; Huntsinger et al., 2012). However, literature and research from the last decade of the twentieth century show a significant increase in the vulnerability of pastoralism, which has led to its decline (Dong et al. 2011). The reasons for this reduction depend on local and global drivers that have affected livestock keepers in different ways. Table 2.1 shows the status and tendencies of the main global pastoralist regions and some reasons for their situation.1
