| In Inner Mongolia, Peoples’ Republic of China. In this area, the most Grassland is allocated to the individual ho usehold for herding animals, and the boundaries between the households, the collective-based villages and the state-owned farms have been fuzzy. Conflicts and challenges in managing Grassland are therefore frequent. The participatory mapping approach with stakeholders is seen to be a very useful tool to resolve the boundary conflicts and other disputes. The remote sensing and GIS technologies can help to save time and improve the efficiency. Global Position Systems(GPS) can support the accuracy of the boundaries on the tenure maps.Xilinhot in Inner Mongolia was chosen as a case study area for this research, and a participatory tenure mapping approach together with remote sensing images, GPS and GIS technologies is proposed. In this model, remote sensing images preparation is the first step that a proper image be selected. In this research, the uses of TM, ETM+, ASTER and Google Earth images are tried. The Google Earth image seems best one to identify the boundaries it offers high-resolution images and other remote sensing images can be processed. The next step is the participatory mapping process; the boundaries are actually identified with different stakeholders with the help of remote sensing images and boundaries determined using GPS during the steps. After collecting data from field, data are processed in Arc-GIS. Then consultation and validation with the herders and the key stakeholders are done to achieve agreements among the stakeholders. The result can be treated as the final reliable Grassland tenure boundary map.The case study shows that the participatory approach is reliable to solve the problems and map Grassland. And GPS and GIS are proved to be useful tools during participatory mapping. Higher resolution remote sensing images such as Q uickbird or large aerial photograph are needed to identify the boundaries. |
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