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Community organizing- A Key step towards sustainable livelihoods and co-management of natural resources in Mongolia

Schmidt, Sabine and Gongor, Gansukh and Kar, Kamal and Swenson, Keith (2002) Community organizing- A Key step towards sustainable livelihoods and co-management of natural resources in Mongolia. Policy Matters (10). pp. 71-74.

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Abstract

From unmemorable times, Mongolia’s nomadic herders have been the managers of the natural resources at the basis of their livelihoods—the very resources upon which the country’s economy still depends today. Their traditional practices were based on common property of pasture and mobility as a key management strategy. Those were altered over many decades of centrally-planned economy and during more recent socio-economic changes, resulting in unsustainable practices (increased numbers of herding households, changes in herd structure, lack of proper grassland management, indiscriminate cutting of shrubs and trees for fuel wood). These practices, as well as changes in climate, appear to be at the roots of the current processes of land degradation and desertification in the country. During recent winters there have been massive losses of livestock, which deprived many rural households of their livelihood and increased poverty among herders. Biodiversity per se is also affected by the illegal and unsustainable taking of wildlife and plants for (mainly cross-border) trade, which is threatening several rare species.

Item Type: Articles
Keywords: Mongolia, Natural Resources Management, Livelihood, Traditional Management Systems, Economy, Sustainable Development, Climate Change, Land Based Pollution, Biodiversity, Endangered Species, Conservation, Community Based Management, Poverty, Tourism, Ecosystem, Fossils, Forests, Poaching, NGO, Protected Areas, Traditional Knowledge, Livelihood, Rural Development, Co-management, Land Resources, Traditional Rights, Women, Social Development, Health, Land Tenure and Use
Subjects: Right to Resources
Depositing User: Users 4 not found.
Date Deposited: 11 May 2022 10:56
Last Modified: 11 May 2022 10:56
URI: http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/14112

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