Mongolia: Dzud - Jan 2018 Updates

OVERVIEW The 32 countries in the East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) region have varying levels of development and capacity, as well as exposure and vulnerability to natural hazards. Many countries in...

OVERVIEW The 32 countries in the East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) region have varying levels of development and capacity, as well as exposure and vulnerability to natural hazards. Many countries in...

Foreword In recent years, the number of people experiencing hunger – both chronic and acute – has been alarmingly and persistently high. The annual State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World...

INTRODUCTION Short and long term internal migration has a longstanding tradition in Mongolia. However, data on short term movements (< 3 months) is not systematically collected. In addition, recent...

INTRODUCTION Short and long term internal migration has a longstanding tradition in Mongolia. However, data on short term movements (< 3 months) is not systematically collected. In addition, recent...

INTRODUCTION Short and long term internal migration has a longstanding tradition in Mongolia. However, data on short term movements (< 3 months) is not systematically collected. In addition, recent...

A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster Dzud (or ‘zud’- зуд) is a condition created by threat multipliers and inter-linked factors that exacerbates already fragile situations of livestock...

International scientists, researchers discuss dzud risk and management in Mongolia. November 22, 2018 Ulaanbaatar -- Over 70 scientists, researchers, policy makers and representatives from National...

This study analyses the outcomes of targeted early actions in Mongolia during 2017-18, triggered by warnings that extreme weather posed a major risk to vulnerable livestock herders.

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Above-average cereal production gathered in 2018 Cereal import requirements in 2018/19 forecast at average level Harsh winter caused severe livestock losses at localized level...

INTRODUCTION While seasonal migration by nomadic populations is a key migration pattern in Northern Mongolia, the rising incidence of severe droughts and dzuds (harsh winters) in Mongolia are making...

Ulaanbaatar-Kuala Lumpur, 7 July 2018 – This week, representatives from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, including nineteen National Societies, have joined senior-level...

Summary This report presents the results of HEA (household economy analysis) baselines conducted in October-November 2017 and an HEA outcome analysis (OA) desk-based exercise conducted in January...

By Patrick Fuller ULAANBAATAR, 1 July, 2018 - Despite decades of rapid socio-economic development, Asia Pacific remains the most disaster-prone region in the world. In 2017 alone, more than 6,500...

OVERVIEW The 32 countries in the East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) region have varying levels of development and capacity, as well as exposure and vulnerability to natural hazards. Many countries in...

Overview The Early Warning Early Action initiative has been developed with the understanding that disaster losses and emergency response costs can be drastically reduced by using early warning...

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“We felt helpless. We didn’t know what would happen in the future. We didn’t know how we would live,” says Gereltsog, a Steppe herder in Mongolia whose 500 livestock risked being wiped out in the...

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