Fig. 11From: Promises and realities of community-based pasture management approaches: Observations from KyrgyzstanBroken bridge (not) crossing the Otuz Art River. During Soviet Times, several bridges over the strong and swift river were erected and maintained by the collective farms. Nowadays, most of these bridges are broken. Every year several people and many animals lose their lives. In 2014, the reconstruction of the bridges was still pending since it was a cost-intensive investment that had be done mainly by the users themselves. Photograph: author Back to article page