 | Pastoralism and Common Pool Resources: Rangeland co-management, property rights and access in Mongolia Subjects: Area Studies; Global Development; Economics Finance Business & Industry; Environment and Sustainability; Geography; Law; Politics & International Relations; Asian Studies; Global Development; Culture & Development; Development Policy; Rural Development; Environment & the Global South; Regional Development; Sustainable Development; Environmental Studies; Environmental Policy; Environmental Law - Environmental Studies; Environmental History; Environmental Change & Pollution; Environmental Management; Environmental Issues; Environment & Resources; Environment & Society; Political Ecology; Environmental Law - Law; Property & Conveyancing Law; Environmental Politics; Industry & Industrial Studies; Human Geography; International Law - Law; Socio-Legal Studies; Asian Studies (General); Central Asian Studies; Chinese Studies; Cultural Geography; Political Geography; Rural Studies; Social Geography; Environmental Geography; Development Geography; Regional Geography - Human Geography; Socio-Legal Studies - International Law & Politics; Primary Industries; Public International Law; The grazing of animals on common land and associated property rights were the original basis of the concept of "the tragedy of the commons". Drawing on the classic work of Elinor Ostrom and the readings of political ecology, this book questions the application of exclusive property rights to mobile pastoralism and rangeland resource governance. It argues that this approach inadequately represents property relations in the context of Mongolian pastoralism. The author presents an in-depth exploration and analysis of mobile pastoral production and resource management in Mongolia. The country is widely considered to be a prime example of successful and resilient common pool resource management, but now faces a dilemma as policy advocates attempt to adjust historical pastoralism to a modern property regime framework. The book strengthens understanding of the complex and multilateral considerations involved in natural resource governance and management in a mobile pastoralist context. It considers the implications for common pool resource management and pastoral societies in Africa, Russia and China and includes recommendations for formulating national policy. Sandagsuren Undargaa is a Development Researcher with fifteen years of experience in environmental management and development. She recently completed her PhD at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. |
