The Taij Khairkhan Declaration
During the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17), an international group of 65 social scientists, herders, and practitioners convened at Taij Khairkhan, Mongolia to discuss the future of mobile pastoralism and to issue a set of recommendations directed at ensuring cultural rights, knowledge transmission, and climate resilience. Our strong consensus is that mobility processes, including the institutions that support them, are essential to the health of rangeland-pastoralism systems and must be financed as a whole. To that end, we have collectively authored this Declaration including 10 Calls to Action.
Authors
- Eric Thrift (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6789-6250)
- Joana Roque de Pinho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4659-2684)
- Ariell Ahearn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9911-4996)
- Shinya Konaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2764-3984)
- Tungalag Ulambayar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9785-8585)
- 千恵子 廣田 (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8429-4304)
- Cecilia Dal Zovo
- Sarantuyaa Zandaryaa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0870-5593)
- Mari Kazato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8144-3089)
- Daniel J. Murphy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8644-3707)
- Timo Kropp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4123-5311)
- Xiaojie Tian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5682-2279)
- James Correia
- Caroline Upton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3543-4664)
- Peregrine Rothman-Ostrow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9711-751X)
- Moe Terao
- Sarah Lunaček
- Wassie Berhanu
- Jenny Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4316-0165)
- Ilse Köhler‐Rollefson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2817-2210)
- Saverio Krätli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0781-0327)
- Qurbonidin Alamshoev
- Hande Sinem Ergün (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3885-8902)
- Annah Lake Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0439-6677)
- Ganbold Yandag
- Yufang Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0516-0487)
- Wahid Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5365-9648)
- Radhika Gupta
- Akira Kamimura
- Oyun-Erdene Chuluunbaatar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2507-1656)
- Nomynbayasgalan Suld
- Oyundalai Odkhuu
- Bruce Forbes
- Tamir Erdenechuluun
- Khatansaikhan Ravdandorj
- Sadhriany Pertiwi Saleh
- Merve Anıl
- Natasha Fijn
- Carmen Hamel
- Anujin Erdenebayar
- Ganjargal M.
- Mijid Sainbuyan
- Ruona Qi
- Christopher Nelson Wizda
- Lkhagvadulam Tumur-Ochir
- Sumiya Bilegsaikhan Taij
- Francisca Cortés Quezada
- Gerelmaa Altangerel
- Bradley Rappa
- Dolgorsuren Jamiyan
- Oyundelger Khurelpurev
- Byamba Sharaa
- Malahat Mazinani
- Meerim Aytkeeva
- Aiza Abdyrakhmanova
- Baljinnyam Ishgen
- Muhammad Khurshid
- Tamir Erdenetsogt
- Tsend-Ayush Amarmend
- N. Baasansambuu
- Meriam Sehimi
- Zafardzhon Kholmurodov
- Yuanhui Ding
Institutions
- Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (PT)
- Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (JP)
- Australian National University (AU)
- Leiden University (NL)
- Binghamton University (US)
- UNESCO (FR)
- Shizuoka University (JP)
- Royal Veterinary College (GB)
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ES)
- University of Shizuoka (JP)
- University of Leicester (GB)
- University of Ljubljana (SI)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- University of Turku (FI)
- Mongolian University of Life Sciences (MN)
- Hokusei Gakuen University (JP)
- Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan (TJ)
- Middle East Technical University (TR)
- Masaryk University (CZ)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Universidad Autónoma de Chile (CL)
- Yale University (US)
- University of Peshawar (PK)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (FR)
- Indiana University Bloomington (US)
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science London (GB)
- Asian Development Bank (PH)
- Instituto de Ciencias del Patrimonio (ES)
- Aigine Cultural Research Center (KG)
- Citi University (MN)
- Centro de Estudos Internacionais (PT)
- University of Chitral (PK)
- Addis Ababa University (ET)
- Chiang Mai University (TH)
- Université Paris 8 (FR)
- University of Cincinnati (US)
- National University of Mongolia (MN)
- University of Chile (CL)
- Marmara University (TR)
- The University of Winnipeg (CA)
- National Chengchi University (TW)
- Ithaca College (US)
- Wageningen University & Research (NL)
- University of Lapland (FI)
- Hasanuddin University (ID)
- Delft University of Technology (NL)
- Tsinghua University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nomadic Studies
- Published
- 2026-10-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.67086/6y4nhc75
- Primary Topic
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00