Shortly after the 1992 transition to democracy and a market economy, Mongolia's parliament passed the Mongolian Law on Land, which included provisions governing use of Mongolia's extensive rangelands.The law was revised in 2002, and in 2007 policy discussions continued on the need for a law specific to Mongolia's rangelands.Since the dissolution of herding collectives in the early 1990s, livestock have been privately owned, but pastureland remains state property to be used in common by herders in accordance with traditional patterns of seasonal movement.The 2002 Law on Land authorizes formal possession of the land under winter and spring campsites by groups of households that customarily camp together ( khot ail), and specifies that summer and autumn pastures shall be used.in common" by herders of one subdistrict ( bag).The law does not authorize possession of any seasonal pastures, but does empower local government officials to regulate carrying capacity and seasonal movements, and to impose penalties for out‐of‐season grazing of winter and spring pastures.Our research objective was to document the status of the implementation of the 2002 Land Law, and the attitudes towards pasture possession and pasture use regulation held by government officials and herders.
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