Research on the Influence of Herders on the Response Behavior of Grassland Ecological Compensation Policy

Abstract

This paper uses the survey data of 344 herdsmen in Xianghuang Banner, Siziwang Banner, and Alxa Left Banner that implement grassland ecological compensation policy in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, combined with the Sustainable Livelihood Framework (SLA), and quantitatively analyzes the response of all aspects of livelihood capital to herders based on the SEM model the impact of grassland ecological compensation policy behavior. The government should proceed from the difference of each livelihood capital, combine the economic benefits of herders with the response to the grassland ecological compensation policy, and put forward policy improvement opinions based on the livelihoods of herders, with a view to improving the pastoralism for the government. The enthusiasm of households to respond to the policy provides a scientific basis for achieving the strategic goal of grassland ecological compensation.