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Mongolia's indigenous civilization relies on the rangeland system for grazing the livestock. Three main risks to traditional animal husbandry exist including pasture degradation, unnatural livestock deaths, and negative impacts of new civilization unfavourable to animal husbandry. Mongolia's traditional animal husbandry has sustained through managing these three risks, and animal husbandry production has continued to grow. The second risk has been mitigated traditionally by pastoralists through generations. Accordingly, herds of adult animals can recover quickly as environmental conditions improve. The third risk is successfully mitigated by the modern animal husbandry sector. This is evidenced by the fact that Mongolia's rangeland culture is still considered sustainable, adaptive, and resilient despite intensified agricultural, infrastructure, and mining developments, as well as urbanization during the past 100 years.