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Navchaa Tugjamba

Test Postdoctoral Fellow in Networks and Rural Water management

company School of Project Management, The University of Sydney

degree Macquarie University

Areas of Expertise:

#climate change adaptation, local knowledge in adaptation planning, ecosystem services, water resources management, environmental education, ecotourism management

Nature of engagement:

#Research #Training #Advocacy

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Overview

I have inter-disciplinary expertise in environmental science, environmental management, and geography, having completed a BSc and an MSc in Geography at the Mongolian National University of Education (MNUE), an MSc in Environmental Sciences at the IHE Institute for Water Education, The Netherlands, and a PhD in Geography at Macquarie University. As an interdisciplinary scholar, my work successfully integrates human vulnerability and environmental science, with insights generated from my fieldwork. From the beginning of my career, the focus of my research has all been on dryland ecosystems, desertification, drought, and the effects of climate change on livelihoods and rangelands.

"We had thought that we were introducing a new approach to natural resources management in Mongolia. The term sounds new; however, we have realized that it is not a particularly new notion in Mongolia. It is just another way of identifying the relationship between humans and nature. "

Saleemul Huq Memorial Scholarship: Project Update

2024-09-06 Loss of cultural heritage

From drought to Dzud: Navigating climate...

The IPCC and recent publications have expanded scientific knowledge on Loss and ...Read more

From drought to Dzud: Navigating climate risk through loss and damage

activity

Category: Loss of cultural heritage

Region: Asia

Country: Mongolia

Village: Central Province

Description: The IPCC and recent publications have expanded scientific knowledge on Loss and Damage (L&D), but the extent to which L&D should be attributed to human-induced climate change remains unclear. The reality is that climate change is already having an impact on all aspects of life in dryland pastoral communities all around the world. It affects communities in such a long-lasting way that adapting and mitigating alone will not be enough to protect lives, infrastructure, and livelihoods from environmental damage. This project focuses on the loss and damage caused by climate change to nomadic herders in the Central province of Mongolia. The project aims to understand non-economic losses and damages, such as the loss of culture, displacement, and traditional way of life among the nomadic pastoral communities through the existential perspective of loss damage lens. However, economic losses and damages, particularly livestock losses, will also be considered. The main goal is to explore the importance of addressing the inevitable harm climate change will impose on nomadic pastoralists, nomadic cultures, and pastoral ecosystems, highlighting irreversible loss, non-economic losses (NELs), justice, and responsibility. The project's outcome will be policy and practice-oriented recommendations for regional and rural development, environmental management, and sustainable development in the Central province and other provinces of the country. It will also include a peer-reviewed scientific article on loss and damage to nomadic livelihoods and pastoral ecosystems.

2024-09-05 Loss of cultural heritage

From drought to Dzud: Navigating climate...

The IPCC and recent publications have expanded scientific knowledge on Loss and ...Read more

From drought to Dzud: Navigating climate risk through loss and damage

activity

Category: Loss of cultural heritage

Region: Asia

Country: Mongolia

Village: Central Province

Description: The IPCC and recent publications have expanded scientific knowledge on Loss and Damage (L&D), but the extent to which L&D should be attributed to human-induced climate change remains unclear. The reality is that climate change is already having an impact on all aspects of life in dryland pastoral communities all around the world. It is affecting communities in such a long-lasting way that adapting and mitigating alone will not be enough to protect lives, infrastructure, and livelihoods from environmental damage. This project focuses on the loss and damage caused by climate change to nomadic herders in the Central province of Mongolia. The project aims to understand non-economic losses and damages, such as the loss of culture, displacement, and traditional way of life among the nomadic pastoral communities through the existential perspective of loss damage lens. However, economic losses and damages, particularly livestock losses, will also be considered. The main goal is to explore the importance of addressing the inevitable harm that climate change will impose on such as nomadic pastoralists, nomadic cultures, and pastoral ecosystems, highlighting irreversible loss, non-economic losses (NELs), justice, and responsibility. The outcome of the project will be policy and practice-oriented recommendations for regional and rural development, environmental management, and sustainable development in the Central province and other provinces of the country. It will also include a peer-reviewed scientific article on loss and damage to nomadic livelihoods and pastoral ecosystems.

Macquarie University

Geography and Planning | PhD in Geography

2017-04-17 - 2021-02-18

Thesis topic: Exploring climate change adaptation in the Mongolian steppes using an Ecosystem Services approach

IHE Institute for Water Education

Environmental Management and Planning | MSc in Environmental Sciences

2006-10-11 - 2008-04-20

Thesis topic: Vulnerability assessment of regional agricultural development under climate change conditions (in the case of Rajasthan, India)

Climate change and Population movement

Central European University, Budapest | climate change

2012-03-01

Honorary Certificate

Ministry of Education, Culture and Sciences, Mongolia |

February 2, 2014

For the contribution to the higher education in tourism management

Mongolian Association for Geographic Education (MAGE)

Board member

2011-10-31 - Present

School of Project Management, The University of Sydney

Sydney, NSW, Australia | Postdoctoral Fellow in Networks and Rural Water management

2024-09-02 - 2022-10-25

I have analysed barriers to the adoption of resource-conserving practices on the farmers’ side and interdependencies among decisions of individual farmers as well as bottlenecks at various project, program, and institutional levels in the Murray Darling Basin.

Australian Catholic University

Sydney, NSW, Australia | Seasonal academic

2024-07-30 - 2017-04-01

Discipline of Geography and Planning. School of Social Sciences. Macquarie University

Sydney, NSW, Australia | Honorary Postdoctoral Research Fellow

2022-02-26 - Present

Discipline of Geography and Planning. School of Social Sciences. Macquarie University

Sydney, NSW, Australia | Postdoctoral fellow

2021-10-25 - Present

Project title: The Challenges of Climate Change Adaptation Policy in Mongolia: Are We Ready for Transformative Adaptation?

University of the Humanities

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | Lecturer of Environmental Management

2008-05-01 - Present

2021-05-05 Tugjamba N

Hydrography of Mongolia. In: Yembuu B. (eds) The Physical Geography of Mongolia. Geography of the Physical Environment. Springer, Cham.

In the first section of the chapter,…

2024-08-30 Tugjamba, N

Chapter 38 - Adapting to the changing landscape in the Altai Mountains: a case study of Sutai mountain of Mongolia. In S. Schneiderbauer, P. Fontanella Pisa, J. F. Shroder, & J. Szarzynski (Eds.), Safeguarding Mountain Social-Ecological Systems, Vol 2 (pp. 289-295). Elsevier.

This chapter presents environmental…

2023-03-04 Tugjamba, N

Adapting nomadic pastoralism to climate change

This paper presents the results…

2021-09-04 Tugjamba N

Traditional and modern ecosystem services thinking in nomadic Mongolia: Framing differences, common concerns, and ways forward

Highlights •In Mongolian local…

Photo Credit: - N.Tugjamba

Open steppe pastureland in the Central province of Mongolia

Nomadic families in the summer camp

Photo Credit: - N.Tugjamba

Home > Forum > Researchers and Organisations > Navchaa Tugjamba

Navchaa Tugjamba

From drought to Dzud: Navigating climate...

From drought to Dzud: Navigating climate risk through loss and damage

From drought to Dzud: Navigating climate...

From drought to Dzud: Navigating climate risk through loss and damage

Education

Macquarie University

IHE Institute for Water Education

Certifications

Climate change and Population movement

Honours & Awards

Honorary Certificate

Membership in Professional Bodies

Mongolian Association for Geographic Education (MAGE)

Work Experience

School of Project Management, The University of Sydney

Australian Catholic University

Discipline of Geography and Planning. School of Social Sciences. Macquarie University

Discipline of Geography and Planning. School of Social Sciences. Macquarie University

University of the Humanities

Research Portfolio

Publications

Hydrography of Mongolia. In: Yembuu B. (eds) The Physical Geography of Mongolia. Geography of the Physical Environment. Springer, Cham.

Chapter 38 - Adapting to the changing landscape in the Altai Mountains: a case study of Sutai mountain of Mongolia. In S. Schneiderbauer, P. Fontanella Pisa, J. F. Shroder, & J. Szarzynski (Eds.), Safeguarding Mountain Social-Ecological Systems, Vol 2 (pp. 289-295). Elsevier.

Articles

Adapting nomadic pastoralism to climate change

Traditional and modern ecosystem services thinking in nomadic Mongolia: Framing differences, common concerns, and ways forward

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Gallery

Outreach & social media