The Mongolian Rangeland and Resilience (MOR2) project database is the outcome of 5 years of data collection and analysis (2010-2015) comprised of multiple types of data, organized into different thematic datasets, gathered by an interdisciplinary and multi-cultural research team (e.g., hydrologists, ecologists, geographers, and social scientists from US and Mongolia). Data are: social, ecological and hydro-meteorological data, herder environmental observations, and geospatial data. Data were collected from formally organized community-based rangeland management (CBRM) groups and those adhering to traditional herding practices (non-CBRM). CRBM and non-CBRM organization level social data were collected from 142 pastoral groups, household level social data collected from 706 households, ecological data collected from 143 winter pasture areas at three different distances along a grazing intensity gradient from winter camps. Ecological plot level climate data from the WorldClim (1950-2000), Climate Prediction Center (1979-2012), and APHRODITE (1961-2007), and Mongolian national statistics on livestock numbers and livestock-owning households are included in this database.

Acknowledgements

We thank the following organizations that provided funding for data collection, entry or analysis:

National Science Foundation BCS-1011801, The World Bank, US AID, American Association of University Women, Open Society Institute, and the Center for Collaborative Conservation at Colorado State University.

The following individuals guided establishment of the online data archive at Colorado State University:

Tobin Magle, Mara Sedlins, and Daniel Draper.

The following institutions helped and participated in the project:

Nutag Action Research Institute, Mongolian Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Mongolian Research Institute of Animal Husbandry, Mongolian Society for Range Management, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (Green Gold Project), Wildlife Conservation Society Mongolia Office, Mongolian Institute of Botany, Mongolian Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Mongolian State Agricultural University’s Center for Ecosystem Studies, Texas A&M University and Colorado State University.

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