Herding

China Tibetan herding communities living in the Tibetan Plateau in the Sichuan Province of southwest China continued to graze herds on common lands even after the 1982 Household responsibility system. Several reasons have been given for the endurance of the traditional pastoral lifestyle: • complex topography prevents the division of common grazing lands among individual households • yaks require free grazing and become ill in fenced pasture • rotation of grazing spots Grassland degradation has been an issue. Herding communities and their leaders have taken steps to reach a consensus about sustainable grazing practices. These include developing the community political organization to enforce commitments to seasonal rotational grazing. == By livestock type ==

Cows There are numerous regional types of cow herder, many with a specific name; these include the stockman of Australia, the buttero, campino, csikós, gardian and gulyás in Europe, the buckaroo, charro, cowboy and vaquero in North America, and the gaucho, huaso, llanero, morochuco and of South America. Goats Sheep Other • A swineherd or hogherd herds pigs. • A gooseherd herds geese. ==See also==