Research overview: snow leopard conflict with Mongolian pastoralists

This overview examines human-snow leopard conflict on the Mongolian steppe and mountains, where mobile pastoralists herding goats, sheep, yaks, and horses overlap with snow leopards across vast rangelands. It synthesises studies of depredation patterns, the influence of the cashmere-driven expansion of goat herds on competition with wild prey, corral killing, and herder attitudes. The literature evaluates community insurance, handicraft enterprises linked to conservation, and prey-base management as mitigation. It also considers the interplay with wolves and domestic-dog dynamics. The survey frames Mongolia as a key snow leopard stronghold where conflict is intertwined with pastoral economics, market forces, and the sustainability of grazing on fragile arid grasslands.