A study led by FAO in collaboration with the Green-Gold Mongolia Rangeland Research Center shows that pastoral systems in Mongolia are more friendly to biodiversity than other livestock systems. It also shows that pastoralist women have lower access to assets such as livestock ownership, despite a higher workload, their important role in household decision-making and in community leadership. Conducted in five districts of two different ecological zones of the country, the study is based on surveys collected within 424 households, completed by twenty focus group discussions and eight individual in-depth interviews.

          The studied thematic areas encompassed mobility patterns, perceived biodiversity, including wild fauna and flora, workload, division of labour between men and women, women empowerment, youth employment and emigration, and perceived income. It calls for greater support to pastoral systems and pastoralist women.

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