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Interstitial Space and the High Himalayan Dispute between China and India

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2021
China, India, Pakistan
Land Conflicts
boundaries
territory
conflicts
land conflicts
land dispute
land dispute resolution
A border dispute between Indian and Chinese troops, the most dangerous in 45 years, has roiled relations in the High Himalayan valleys and plateaus separating India (Ladakh) and China (Aksia Chin). Against this barren landscape, ancient pathways connecting Central, South, and East Asia converge, making the area today a key nodal point of commercial and strategic interest to three nuclear powers, India, China, and Pakistan.
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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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Forest Policy Development in Mongolia

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2002
Mongolia
Forest Tenure
Land Degradation & Tenure
forest law
land degradation
forest land
natural resources
natural resources management
biodiversity
Mongolia’s forests are located in the transitional zone between the great Siberian taiga and the Mongolian plateau of grassland steppe. These forests play a critical role in preventing soil erosion and land degradation, in regulating the water regime in mountain areas, maintaining permafrost distribution, and in providing habitats for wildlife and preserving biodiversity.
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Land Rights, Mining and Resistance: New Struggles on Mongolia’s Pastoral Commons

Conference Papers & Reports
July, 2008
Mongolia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land governance
land reform
pastoral lands
mining
natural resources
land rights
land tenure
community land rights
pastoral land rights
pastoralists
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and agricultural decollectivisation, post-socialist rural contexts have afforded commons scholars particularly fertile ground for examination of institutional change and evolution under new modes of governance. In Mongolia, as elsewhere, such transformations have been characterised by the erosion of state influence and de jure and/or de facto devolution of land and resource rights.
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Land Use and Land Tenure in Mongolia: A Brief History and Current Issues

Conference Papers & Reports
January, 2006
Mongolia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
sustainable development
land policies
pastoral lands
land use
agropastoral systems
sustainable land management
customary land rights
customary tenure
pastoral land rights
pastoralists
This essay argues that an awareness of the historical relation- ships among land use, land tenure, and the political economy of Mongolia is essential to understanding current pastoral land use patterns and policies in Mongolia. Although pastoral land use patterns have altered over time in response to the changing political economy, mobility and flexibility remain hallmarks of sustainable grazing in this harsh and variable climate, as do the communal use and management of pasturelands.