The transfer of the right to grassland contractual management in pastoral areas and its impact on pastoralistslivelihoodsTake the pastoral areas in Inner Mongolia for example

The transfer of the right of prairie contractual management in pastoral areas is accompanying with the new three forms of grazing policy, seasonal grazing, prohibition of grazing and rotational grazing. the transformation of production mode of animal husbandry, the adjustment of industry structure, and the transfer of surplus labor in pastoral areas. Its a new important subject for pastoralists' livelihoods and building a harmonious pastoral area. This study clarified the status and characteristics of the transfer of the right to prairie contractual management in Inner Mongolia, pointed the problems such as short term rental, the restrictions of balance between livestock and natural resource on transfer, the different reason to the transfer of the right to prairie contractual management in pastoral areas and varying transfering degrees to different types of grassland management rights. Livestock products are the main source of livelihood, so the transfer price is very important to the income and the transfer of surplus labor in pastoral areas. Based on the Pastoral research, it proposed the policy recommendations about establishing and improving the transfer of the right to prairie contractual management in pastoral areas.