Pastoral landscape of Inner Mongolia
The use of semi natural vegetation as a natural renewable resource has been an
important feature of human development which started when hunting cultures, who
following the natural migration of wild herds, began to domesticate herds of goats and
sheep. Herding has left its cultural mark on vast areas of the steppes of Asia, and has
also produced the small jewel-like spots of high biodiversity of the British commons and
wood pasture