Illegal and Unsustainable Wildlife Hunting and Trade in Mongolia

Zahler, Peter; Lhagvasuren, Badamjav; Reading, Richard P.; Wingard, James; Амгаланбаатар, Сух; Gombobaatar, Sundev; Barton, Nigel; Onon, Yondon

doi:10.22353/mjbs.2004.02.14

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“…Our discussions with area residents suggested that during the late twentieth century, big game animals were regularly seen atop Tsengel Khairkhan, but have not been observed there in decades. Big game populations have declined dramatically across Mongolia during the last thirty years, primarily due to illegal poaching driven by international wildlife markets 6 , 46 . The Altai argali sheep is currently classified as Endangered following International Union of the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) criteria, and populations are highly fragmented across the country 47 .…”

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High altitude hunting, climate change, and pastoral resilience in eastern Eurasia

Taylor

Hart

Pan³

et al. 2021

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The transition from hunting to herding transformed the cold, arid steppes of Mongolia and Eastern Eurasia into a key social and economic center of the ancient world, but a fragmentary archaeological record limits our understanding of the subsistence base for early pastoral societies in this key region. Organic material preserved in high mountain ice provides rare snapshots into the use of alpine and high altitude zones, which played a central role in the emergence of East Asian pastoralism. Here, we present the results of the first archaeological survey of melting ice margins in the Altai Mountains of western Mongolia, revealing a near-continuous record of more than 3500 years of human activity. Osteology, radiocarbon dating, and collagen fingerprinting analysis of wooden projectiles, animal bone, and other artifacts indicate that big-game hunting and exploitation of alpine ice played a significant role during the emergence of mobile pastoralism in the Altai, and remained a core element of pastoral adaptation into the modern era. Extensive ice melting and loss of wildlife in the study area over recent decades, driven by a warming climate, poaching, and poorly regulated hunting, presents an urgent threat to the future viability of herding lifeways and the archaeological record of hunting in montane zones.

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High altitude hunting, climate change, and pastoral resilience in eastern Eurasia

Taylor

Hart

Pan³

et al. 2021

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“…However, in a previous countrywide survey for Ovis darwini by Lkhagvarsuren et al (2016), C. canadensis was not reported to be present in our study area. It is a surprising discovery that C. canadensis has apparently undergone a range expansion as the species has declined by more than 90% in Mongolia over the last decades (Zahler et al 2004). This is especially interesting, as our study area had high presence of humans and livestock, which has previously been found to negatively affect C. canadensis populations (Thapaliya 2008).…”

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Non-volant mammal inventory of western Mongolian-Manchurian Grassland Ecoregion: a biogeographic crossroad worth preserving

Augugliaro¹,

Monti²,

Havmøller³

et al. 2020

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The extensive Mongolian grasslands hosts a high variety of micro-habitats which wildlife uses as corridors that enable species to expand their range. Between May 2017 and March 2018, we conducted an intensive survey in the Mongolian-Manchurian Grassland Ecoregion using camera trapping, field transects, live trapping and opportunistic observations, in mountain outcrops, grass steppe and sand dune habitats across seasons. Our aim was to compile the first satisfactory inventory of mammals based on scientific methods for a diverse landscape in the Mongolian provinces of Tov and Dundgovi. Furthermore, our research seeks to fill in knowledge gaps on species distribution and range expansions in the endangered west Mongolian-Manchurian Grassland ecoregion and identify biodiversity hotspot areas encompassed in this biogeographic crossroad. We recorded 31 species of non-volant mammals, including a globally Endangered species and two Near Threatened species, according to the IUCN Red List, and three species listed in Appendix II of CITES.

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“…This includes a rapidly expanding tourism industry (Mavroidi 2008;Alexander et al 2019;Mijiddorj et al 2019). Large parts of High Asia are remote which results in law enforcement being difficult, increasing the possibility of illegal hunting of wildlife for consumption and trade (Mishra and Fitzherbert 2004;Zahler et al 2004).…”

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Increasing risks for emerging infectious diseases within a rapidly changing High Asia

Mishra

Samelius²,

Khanyari

et al. 2021

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The cold and arid mountains and plateaus of High Asia, inhabited by a relatively sparse human population, a high density of livestock, and wildlife such as the iconic snow leopard Panthera uncia, are usually considered low risk for disease outbreaks. However, based on current knowledge about drivers of disease emergence, we show that High Asia is rapidly developing conditions that favor increased emergence of infectious diseases and zoonoses. This is because of the existing prevalence of potentially serious pathogens in the system; intensifying environmental degradation; rapid changes in local ecological, socio-ecological, and socio-economic factors; and global risk intensifiers such as climate change and globalization. To better understand and manage the risks posed by diseases to humans, livestock, and wildlife, there is an urgent need for establishing a disease surveillance system and improving human and animal health care. Public health must be integrated with conservation programs, more ecologically sustainable development efforts and long-term disease surveillance.

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Illegal and Unsustainable Wildlife Hunting and Trade in Mongolia

Cited by 45 publications

References 11 publications

High altitude hunting, climate change, and pastoral resilience in eastern Eurasia

High altitude hunting, climate change, and pastoral resilience in eastern Eurasia

Non-volant mammal inventory of western Mongolian-Manchurian Grassland Ecoregion: a biogeographic crossroad worth preserving

Increasing risks for emerging infectious diseases within a rapidly changing High Asia

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