Ecosystem services categories laid out by The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment MEA including provisional, regulatory, and cultural services captured the above links between ecosystem services and human well-being. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Mongolia commissioned this study to gain a better understanding of herder priorities, perceptions and the current situation in its project sites to both better target their interventions, as well as have a baseline of information by which to compare and determine project impact in the future. The weighted density surfaces and kernel density GIS techniques were used in spatial analysis, and base data was collected using interview techniques. The herders were encouraged to pinpoint their camps locations using printed topographic maps. The interview data was processed using statistical methods and connected with camps locations, entered in GIS. Some findings were that relationship between household income and trends in ecosystems services the herders receive had shown the overexploitation of services in areas close to protected areas in Khuvsgul and close proximity to capital for Khentii herders was favorable in terms of having a higher income compare with other provinces.
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