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the crush of grazing animals across an increasingly arid landscape has some longing for the pre-1990s Soviet-style days of heavy-handed governance; at least it helped keep the grasslands healthy, says Zandraa Baljinnyam, a former government of

myangat Excessive herd sizes are promoted by misguided policies of honouring the largest-scale herders with titles such as 'myangat' and awards such as 'sain malchin'. Mongolia's government should instead recognize herders who have intensified production, achieving higher yields from smaller herds, or reimpose a quota system.