Cross-cultural communication of knowledge and study results: a case for Mongolia
Date
2014-04-08
Authors
Ulambayar, Tungalag, speaker
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Tungaa's fellowship project aimed to support the outreach objectives of the Mongolian Rangelands and Resilience (MOR2) project of Colorado State University by implementing two activities. The first was to create a nation-wide radio program targeted to the learning needs of pastoral herders and the second was to contribute to increasing research capacity of Mongolian students to conduct studies using MOR2 data. Her radio program communicated preliminary research results of MOR2 regarding effects of collaborative management practices of formally organized community groups on their livelihoods, social relations as well as resource conditions contributing to their resilience to climate change. The project was implemented for a 4-month period starting from mid-June, 2012. Proposed activities took place both in Mongolia and U.S.A in collaboration with the Mongolian National Radio, individual young researchers based in Mongolia and the CSU MOR2 team members. Lessons learned from the fellowship project include that scientists should provide feedback to local communities after their survey taken in their places. In Mongolian condition summer time is not very good time to broadcast educational program on radio. Designing short-term training requires extra careful consideration of content in order to prevent incomplete understanding of the key topics.
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Presented at the Spring 2014 Center for Collaborative Conservation (https://collaborativeconservation.org/) Seminar and Discussion Series, "Collaborative Conservation in Practice: Innovations in Communities around the World", April 8, 2014, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. This series focused on the work that the CCC's Collaborative Conservation Fellows have been doing across the Western U.S. and around the world.
Tungalag Ulambayar is a PhD candidate working under guidance of Professor Maria Fernandez-Gimenez in the Forest and Rangeland Stewardship department of WCNR. She grew up in Southgobi of Mongolia raised by her grandparents who were Gobi nomadic herders. Tungaa studied in Moscow State University after Lomonosov where she received her undergraduate degree in Philology. She has over 20 years of work experience in rural development and environmental conservation including community forestry and rangeland management. Tungaa has MA degree from International University of Japan in International development field. Before joining Colorado State University, she worked as Team Leader for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction at United Nations Development Programme in Mongolia.
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Tungalag Ulambayar is a PhD candidate working under guidance of Professor Maria Fernandez-Gimenez in the Forest and Rangeland Stewardship department of WCNR. She grew up in Southgobi of Mongolia raised by her grandparents who were Gobi nomadic herders. Tungaa studied in Moscow State University after Lomonosov where she received her undergraduate degree in Philology. She has over 20 years of work experience in rural development and environmental conservation including community forestry and rangeland management. Tungaa has MA degree from International University of Japan in International development field. Before joining Colorado State University, she worked as Team Leader for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction at United Nations Development Programme in Mongolia.
Recorded speech.
Accessibility features: unedited transcript. To request an edited transcript, please contact library_digitaladmin@mail.colostate.edu.