segregate and control the now wild and unpredictable reindeer. Merlin was devastated. The herd was his father’s legacy, entrusted to him with the hope of passing it on to his own sons and daughters. Merlin Henry had been a dedicated, compassionate, hard-working herder, and now his family and the village of Koyuk were without a reindeer herd for the first time in sixty years. But all was not los...

Grassland degradation has become one of the most important ecological and environmental problems in world, affecting balance grassland welfare residents. To reveal impact mechanism herders’ livelihood constraints on degradation, to explore comprehensive management methods ensure livelihoods restoration, this paper constructed an evolutionary game model considering local governments herders. It ...

Gariss is the most popular stable food for the camel herders who depend on Gariss for the sustainability of their livestock. The objective of the current study is to assess the traditional fermented camel milk (Gariss) prepared by nomadic camel woman herders in AlGadarif State in Butana. It is also meant to improve the quality of camel milk products through sharing knowledge. The samples (n= 19...

Mountain rangelands are critical resources for mobile pastoralists, and they provide benefits to humankind broadly. Yet mountain pastoral social–ecological systems (SESs) face challenges that affect both mountains rangelands. Herders' traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) underpins their adaptive strategies serves as a resource future adaptation. This holistic case study of Ilemchane transhuma...

This paper briefly narrates the historical and present challenges facing sheep herders in the Kyrgyz Republic. Originally these were nomads employing an horizontal and vertical migration system, but Russian conquest and settlement forced this to change to a system of transhumance. The latter, albeit structured in a collective system, was more or less maintained throughout the communist period. ...

BACKGROUND To better understand the epidemiology of tick-borne disease in Mongolia, a comprehensive seroprevalence study was conducted investigating exposure to Anaplasma spp. and spotted fever group (SFG) Rickettsia spp. in nomadic herders and their livestock across three provinces from 2014 to 2015. METHODS Blood was collected from 397 herders and 2370 livestock, including sheep, goats, cat...

Mongolia has more than ten times as many livestock as people. Herders are dependent on their livestock for their livelihood, and seasonal movement is driven by the livestock’s grazing needs. The daily, seasonal interactions between Mongolian herders and their livestock put herders at risk for several zoonotic diseases. The goals of this pilot study were to describe potential risk factors for zo...

In an attempt to resolve the increasingly severe grassland degradation, China has implemented a series of protection policies. Herders are one key stakeholders in these policies, and their willingness participate directly affects effective implementation We conducted field survey herders Qinghai Gansu Provinces identify factors that impact adopt policies then incorporated number extension frame...

The legendary Mongolian Plateau has faced increasing environmental challenges associated with overgrazing, and achieving a sustainability transition for this region needs herders’ participation. However, why herders let grasslands be overgrazed even after property rights were privatized—“the tragedy of privatization”—remains unclear. We aimed to understand the causes overgrazing in Xilingol, In...