Ulaanbaatar Summit Targets Global Rangeland Crisis
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- Policy makers, scientists, and global negotiators are gathering in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to deliver an urgent message about the state of the world's rangelands
- Rangelands make up about half of Earth's land surface and are "in trouble," according to the summit's framing
- The same degraded rangelands simultaneously offer a restoration opportunity if farmers and land users act collectively
- The Ulaanbaatar summit frames rangeland health as a global policy priority linking agriculture, land use, and environmental negotiations
Why it matters: Rangelands cover roughly half of Earth's land surface, meaning their degradation affects food systems, biodiversity, and climate outcomes at planetary scale. By staging this gathering in Mongolia—a country where pastoral livelihoods depend directly on rangelands—the summit ties abstract global policy to a region where soil loss is already an existential threat.
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