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Pastoral property rights in Central Asia

Factors and actors driving the reform agenda

Journal Articles & Books
July, 2017
Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land law
land reform
agrarian reform
land management
pastoral lands
natural resources
natural resources management
pastoral land rights
tenure security
property
pastoralists
This paper examines the roles of the state, international organisations and the public in pastoral land reform in the Central Asian republics and Mongolia. In recent years new legislation has been passed in most of these countries, often driven by environmental concerns. In the development of these laws, international organisations tend to promote common property regimes, whilst governments usually emphasise individual security of tenure, each using environmental arguments taken from quite different bodies of theory.
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Sandstorms and desertification in Mongolia, an example of future climate events: a review

Journal Articles & Books
July, 2021
Mongolia
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
land degradation
land area
arable land
livestock
As global temperatures continue to increase and human activities continue to expand, many countries and regions are witnessing the consequences of global climate change. Mongolia, a nomadic and picturesque landlocked country, has battled with ongoing desertification, recurring droughts, and increasingly frequent sandstorms in recent decades. Here we review the abrupt changes in the climate regime of Mongolia over the recent few decades, by focusing on atmospheric events, land degradation and desertification issues, and the resulted sandstorms.
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New research about gender, land and mining in Mongolia: deepening understanding of coping strategies in pastoral communities

Conference Papers & Reports
March, 2019
Mongolia
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
environment
pastoral lands
mining
land investments
foreign investment
pastoralists
women
This paper shares findings from new research on gender and land in a pastoralist community in central- western Mongolia, with a complex structure of investment and operations in gold mining. The paper examines what has been learned from the research about people's coping strategies in the face of social and environmental change, specifically in the context of the development of mining since the transition from socialism and in a relatively isolated area.
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National Report on the Rangeland Health of Mongolia - Second Assessment

Reports & Research
December, 2018
Mongolia
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land governance
land degradation
rangelands
livestock
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
As one of the few remaining countries with a robust, nomadic pastoral culture supported by extensive natural rangelands, Mongolia is well positioned to offer sustainable, rangeland-based goods and services to its citizens and to global consumers who place a premium on sustainable products. The primary challenge to sustainable livestock production in Mongolia is that rangeland health, the set of environmental conditions that sustain the productivity and biodiversity of rangelands is in decline in many areas.
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Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (Chinese version)

国家粮食安全范围内土地、渔业及森林权属负责任治理自愿准则

Manuals & Guidelines
December, 2012
China, Global
Land, Climate Change & Environment
VGGT
environment
climate change
land rights
property rights
The primary goal of the "Voluntary Guidelines for the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests within the Scope of National Food Security" is to achieve food security for all and to support the progressive realization of the right to adequate food within the scope of national food security.
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Mongolia Strategic Plan FY17-21

Reports & Research
December, 2016
Mongolia
Forest Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
forest conservation
land conservation
biodiversity
land economics
This Strategic Plan to be implemented during a period from 2017 to 2021 is all about a contribution of WWF Mongolia towards successful and thriving co-existence of human beings and environment in Mongolia, particularly in two areas, namely Altai Sayan and Amur Heilong Ecoregions those have been named as important hubs and potentials for conservation.
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Remembering Elinor Ostrom

Her Work and its Contribution to the Theory and Practice of Conservation and Sustainable Natural Resource Management

Reports & Research
April, 2014
Eritrea, Kenya, Mexico, Canada, Mongolia, India, Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land, Climate Change & Environment
forest conservation
land conservation
sustainable land management
natural resources management
common rights
commons
communal ownership
common property
This special issue of Policy Matters focuses on the outreach and impact of Dr. Elinor Ostrom's groundbreaking research on common property (or commons) theory. Her work was instrumental in shaping contemporary analyses of resource management and conservation, especially at a local level. This collection of research papers, essays, commentaries, and songs build upon her work and provide case studies demonstrating the practical application of her theoretical contributions.
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Human Impact and Land Degradation in Mongolia

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2013
Mongolia
Land & Investments
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land management
climate change
land degradation
pastoral lands
agricultural land management
grazing
land conservation
mining
water
land investments
Climate warming and human actions both have negative impacts on the land cover of Mongolia, and are accelerating land degradation. Anthropogenic factors which intensify the land degradation process include mining, road erosion, overgrazing, agriculture soil erosion, and soil pollution, which all have direct impacts on the environment. In 2009–2010, eroded mining land in Mongolia increased by 3,984.46 ha., with an expansion in surrounding road erosion. By rough estimation, transportation eroded 1.5 million ha. of land.
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Multidecadal, county-level analysis of the effects of land use, Bt cotton, and weather on cotton pests in China

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2018
China
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
land management
Environment and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC 20005; bState Key Laboratory for Biology
of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; cCentre for Crop Systems
Analysis, Wageningen University, 6700 AK Wageningen, The Netherlands; dChina Center for Agricultural Policy, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences,
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La Industria de la Madera en el Perú

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2018
France, China, Spain, Chile, El Salvador, Sweden, Germany, Peru, Italy, Indonesia, Australia, Colombia, Canada, Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Panama, Mexico, Brazil, Austria
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable land management
forest land
En 2003, la Unión Europea (UE) lanzo el Plan de acción sobre aplicación de las leyes, gobernanza y comercio forestal (Plan de acción FLEGT) para combatir la tala ilegal de madera, promover el consumo y la producción de madera de origen legal y, en última instancia, contribuir al manejo forestal sostenible y la reducción de la pobreza.