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Water, Land and Ecosystems

Ronnie Vernooy

Ronnie Vernooy, PhD (rural development sociology, Wageningen University), has a long record of involvement in agricultural biodiversity and natural resource management. His research experiences cover Bhutan, China, Cuba, Mongolia, Nepal, Nicaragua and Vietnam. Currently, he is a genetic resources policy specialist at Bioversity International in Rome, Italy.

Content authored by Ronnie Vernooy

  • Blog Post
    Blog Post

    Co-management: overcoming the tragedy of the commons

    Mongolian herders are maintaining the centuries old practice of moving from season to season to find new grasslands for their livestock, the primary source of their nomadic livelihood. Right now it is time to move to their winter camps and enter the most critical period of the year – the months of extremely cold weather.