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Nomadic pastoralism may have preceded the emergence of settled agriculture along prehistoric floodplains. Yet, grasslands and pastoralism are misunderstood to this day. In India, we do not recognize grasslands as distinct, ecologically valuable ecosystems, and pastoralism, with its intrinsic dynamism and mobility, as a unique adaptation to the temporal and spatial variability inherent in grasslands.
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