Dryland Development Paradigm (DDP) application for the most vulnerable to climate and land use change of pastoral systems in the Southern Khangai Mountains of Mongolia (DDPPaS)
Investigator(s)
Principal investigator:
Chuluun Togtohyn, Institute for Dryland Sustainability, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
E-mail: chuluun(at)nrel.colostate.edu
Abstract
Our goal is to improve adaptive capacity to climate and land use changes for people, living in the Southern Khangai Mountains, and to make the DDP based policy recommendation. Combined effects of global warming and land use changes have resulted in dramatic reduction of water sources, leaving many herders in extremely vulnerable conditions. The herders are not fully aware that interactive climatic and human forces is leading to catastrophic disappearance and shrinking of small rivers and springs. A desertification is already occurring in this area. Adaptive management of rangelands is critical for future sustainability of pastoral social-ecological system.
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