The role of traditional ecological knowledge, given the transformation of pastoralism in Central and Eastern Mongolia

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Beitragende

  • Sophie Peter - , Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE), Senckenberg Biodiversität und Klima Forschungszentrum (Autor:in)
  • Sarah Niess - , Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE) (Autor:in)
  • Batbuyan Batjav - , CNPS - Centre for Nomadic Pastoralism Studies (Autor:in)
  • Nandintsetseg Dejid - , Senckenberg Biodiversität und Klima Forschungszentrum (Autor:in)
  • Lukas Drees - , Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE), Senckenberg Biodiversität und Klima Forschungszentrum (Autor:in)
  • Yun Jäschke - , Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung (Autor:in)
  • Ulan Kasymov - , Professur für Ökosystemare Dienstleistungen (Ecosystem Services) (Autor:in)
  • Sugar Damdindorj - , Mongolian University of Life Sciences (Autor:in)
  • Khishigdorj Dorjoo - , Institute of Geography and Geoecology (Autor:in)
  • Ganzorig Gonchigsumlaa - , Mongolian University of Life Sciences (Autor:in)
  • Denise Margaret S. Matias - , Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde (Autor:in)
  • Thomas Müller - , Senckenberg Biodiversität und Klima Forschungszentrum (Autor:in)
  • Marion Mehring - , Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE), Senckenberg Biodiversität und Klima Forschungszentrum (Autor:in)

Abstract

Mongolian nomadic herders traditionally pass on ecological knowledge intergenerationally, mainly within families. However, little is known about how current societal transformation processes may impact the application and transfer of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) amongst herders. Combining quantitative household survey data with qualitative interviews, we show that TEK is still widely applied amongst herders. Our data show that households living under conditions of greater societal transformation apply TEK more often in order to adapt to the situation than households under lower transformation pressure. High transformation pressure goes along with high human population and livestock density and thus competition for good pastureland. In addition, our results show that intragenerational knowledge transfer between families is gaining more importance nowadays. For Mongolia, we recommend facilitating access to and strengthening the exchange of TEK to prepare herders for the future due to the high level of uncertainty accompanying societal transformations.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
FachzeitschriftAmbio
PublikationsstatusElektronische Veröffentlichung vor Drucklegung - 29 Aug. 2024
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

ORCID /0000-0001-5620-1379/work/169175145

Schlagworte

Forschungsprofillinien der TU Dresden

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

Schlagwörter

  • Central and Eastern Mongolia, Inter- and intragenerational knowledge transfer, Pastoralism, Social science mixed methods approach, Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK)