Assessment of Nomadic Pastoralists' Livelihood Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Third Pole Region: A Case Study of Western Mongolia

Assessment of Nomadic Pastoralists' Livelihood Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Third Pole Region: A Case Study of Western Mongolia | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Article Assessment of Nomadic Pastoralists' Livelihood Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Third Pole Region: A Case Study of Western Mongolia Altansukh Ochir, Woo-Kyun Lee, Sonam Wangyel Wang, Otgonbayar Demberel, and 5 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3476251/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract The High Mountains of Asia, called the "Third Pole" because they have the third largest reserve of water after the North and South poles, are an important landscape around the world. Mongolia is one of the countries that make up the Third Pole. The high mountains of Mongolia and its ecosystems, including the nomads that live there, are fragile and vulnerable to the slightest change in the environment. Based on the household interviews with nomads in the Tsambagarav and Munkh Khairkhan Mountains, we used a sustainable livelihood approach to assess the livelihood vulnerability index of the nomads. Findings indicate that the overall LVI was 0.41 for Tsambagarav and 0.44 for Munkh Khairkhan, and the corresponding IPCC-LVI was 0.01 for Tsambagarav and − 0.02 for Munkh Khairkhan. Based on the findings, we recommend that decision-makers focus on setting up an appropriate number of livestock that can be owned by one household, the proper structure of livestock, effective management of pasture land, and an insurance-based compensation system for livestock. Moreover, to develop a mobile-economy informative early warning system this can be a new innovative idea to prevent climate change disasters. These actions can contribute to a long-term sustainable livelihood in the fast-changing climate. Earth and environmental sciences/Environmental social sciences/Climate change adaptation Earth and environmental sciences/Environmental social sciences/Climate change policy Earth and environmental sciences/Environmental social sciences/Sustainability Earth and environmental sciences/Climate sciences/Climate change/Climate change impacts Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Supplementary Files SupplementarytableLVIandIPCCcalculation.pdf Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. 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