Pastoral movement and its patterns in socialist Mongolia: “The Movement of Pastoralists of the Mongolian People’s Republic”

Abstract

Researchers at the Institute of Geography of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences conducted a nationwide survey of the seasonal movements of pastoralists under the collective system in the 1980s and attempted to establish a theory of such movements. This study examines the characteristics of pastoral land use and management during the socialist era based on their results on “The Movement of Pastoralists of the Mongolian People’s Republic.” They attempted to scientifically substantiate the pastoralist system of using the differences in altitude and landscape according to season, and to identify the “correct” migration that fully utilizes the natural conditions and resources.