The role of traditional ecological knowledge, given the transformation of pastoralism in Central and Eastern Mongolia

IF 5.8 2区环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL

Ambio Pub Date : 2024-08-29 DOI:10.1007/s13280-024-02057-w

Sophie Peter, Sarah Niess, Batbuyan Batjav, Nandintsetseg Dejid, Lukas Drees, Yun Jäschke, Ulan Kasymov, Sugar Damdindorj, Khishigdorj Dorjoo, Ganzorig Gonchigsumlaa, Denise Margaret S. Matias, Thomas Müller, Marion Mehring

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Mongolian nomadic herders traditionally pass on ecological knowledge intergenerationally, mainly within families. However, little is known about how current societal transformation processes may impact the application and transfer of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) amongst herders. Combining quantitative household survey data with qualitative interviews, we show that TEK is still widely applied amongst herders. Our data show that households living under conditions of greater societal transformation apply TEK more often in order to adapt to the situation than households under lower transformation pressure. High transformation pressure goes along with high human population and livestock density and thus competition for good pastureland. In addition, our results show that intragenerational knowledge transfer between families is gaining more importance nowadays. For Mongolia, we recommend facilitating access to and strengthening the exchange of TEK to prepare herders for the future due to the high level of uncertainty accompanying societal transformations.

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传统生态知识在蒙古中部和东部牧业转型中的作用。

蒙古游牧民传统上主要在家庭内部代代相传生态知识。然而，目前的社会转型过程会如何影响传统生态知识（TEK）在牧民中的应用和传承，人们对此知之甚少。结合定量家庭调查数据和定性访谈，我们发现传统生态知识（TEK）仍在牧民中得到广泛应用。我们的数据显示，与转型压力较小的家庭相比，生活在较大社会转型条件下的家庭更经常地应用传统生态知识来适应环境。高转型压力伴随着高人口密度和高牲畜密度，从而导致对优质牧场的竞争。此外，我们的研究结果表明，如今家庭之间的代内知识转移越来越重要。就蒙古而言，由于社会转型带来的高度不确定性，我们建议为牧民获取和加强传统知识和技能交流提供便利，使他们为未来做好准备。

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Ambio 环境科学-工程：环境

CiteScore

14.30

自引率

3.10%

发文量

123

审稿时长

6 months

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