Mongolia

• how much agriculturl land

  73%
• how much arable land

  0.4%
• population


  3.2m
• birth rate


  15.4
• death rate


  6.3
• population distributed


  sparsley
• capital


  ulaanbaatar
• life expectancy


  71.7
• what gender has higher life expectancy

  female- 76
• litteracy rate


  99.2%
• gdp


  39bn
• gdp per capita


  11700
• urb and rural drinking water availibility

  urb- 98%

  rural- 62%
• urb and rural sanitatio n

  urb- 97%

  rural- 69%
• overview


  damilies on move with animals

  overgrazing is a problem

  bad pastures

  animals dont get nutrition

  have to travel longer to searcch for grasslands

  extreme hot and cold weather

  leaving animals weak

  weather changes have a large impact
• how many years have pastures been bad for

  4 years in a row
• how many dead animals in december

  40
• non globalised society


  remains completely untouched by interactions with the outside world but there are a number where such interaction has been very limited
• why is rural mongolia non globalised

  traditional family structyres

  strong emphasis on extended family

  local customs

  low pop density

  reliane on agri

  hard env conditions

  gers housing- changes of loco

  inaccessubkity- horeback of 4x4 vehicles

  low incomes and limited material possesions

  repair and reuse

  kimuted swervices

  low health and edu in provinces

  low personal contact with other countrues
• nomadic herders


  farming methd that involved herders and farmers travelling from place to place with flocks of animals
• how many pop live as nomadic herders

  1/3

  in osolated conditions
• why have many migrated rural-urban

  droughts and extreme weather ruin livestock

  impoversihed conditions in ulaanbaatar
• how many livliehoods destroyed by extreme weather

  100,000
• ulaanbatar population risen in last decade

  800,000 to 1.1m
• how many herding households (2006 census)

  170700
• how many herding households live below poverty line

  40%
• gov programs used


  livestock insurance to protect herders from losses in extreme winters

  expansion of cell phone coverage

  expandion of rural education
• average monthly temp between nov and march

  1C
• growing season


  80 to 100 days
• average annual preciputation

  251mm
• AAP in gobi desert

  less than 100mm
• uneven dist precip- what percentage between june and agust

  80-90%
• strong winds in spring result in

  high evap and soil erosion
• low soil moisture and air humid in ... impact adversley on agri prod

  spring and eaely summer
• how mucg grassland has been affected by desertification

  70%
• how much lakes have dried up (2008 UN)

  32%
• what weather types are on the increase

  sand stroms and dust
• how many herders consider CC and env change a relaility

  97%
• env conditions


  heavy snowfall

  reductuion of drinking water

  frequent drought

  drying up of rivers and springs

  reducition in hay making yeidl

  reduction of feeding value of pasture land

  sand movement and intensification of desertification