Mongolian herders' traditional knowledge on selection of seasonal campsites

Yuki MORINAGA

doi:10.14866/ajg.2012a.0_100090

Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers

Annual Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers, Autumn 2012

Session ID : S1503

DOI https://doi.org/10.14866/ajg.2012a.0_100090

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Host: The Association of Japanese Geographers

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Mongolian herders' traditional knowledge on selection of seasonal campsites

Yuki MORINAGA

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Keywords: Nomadism, Meteorological observations, Mongolia, Traditional ecological/environmental knowledge, Dzud

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Mongolia has an extremely continental climate, with harsh winters. Under these conditions, pastoral husbandry has been a major industry for millenniums. Herders move with their herds for grasses and water supply. Moreover, they move away from natural disaster threats, such as droughts and dzud (cold and/or snowy winter disaster). The aim of this study is to investigate the knowledge that herders have of pastoral husbandry with regard to seasonal moves.

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