Changing Taiga: Challenges for Mongolia’s Reindeer Herders

This analytical report addresses the current state of reindeer husbandry of northern Mongolia and presents recommendations from the Mongolian reindeer herders for improving the sustainability of reindeer herding and the management of pastures and their homeland. The taiga, the ecosystem in which the Dukha, Mongolia’s reindeer herder community, live, is a biodiversity hotspot and has abundant natural resources, but is also one of the regions of Mongolia which could suffer the greatest impacts of climate change over the coming decades. The report also notes that a number of resource extraction activities are undermining the livelihoods of the Dukha.