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I can find nothing in the historical record of disputes of any magnitude over either water or pasture. Most cattle stations are on what is called crown land and are described as pastural leases” .similar to America’s Taylor Grazing act of 1934. They are on average the largest cattle properties in the world, second only to Brazil in export output. Maybe there were no large scale wars because of that very fact, your nearest neighbour can be 50 or even 100 miles away, with some leases 10s of thousands of square hectares. The largest is almost 10,000 sq. Miles.but on average about 2 or 3 thousand square miles. Making any kind of dispute only possible via a lawyer. I have no first hand information about the subject but to me. It just stands to reason.

I had a tenant that I’d inherited from my parents who had moved onto the property years ago. He’d flattered my folks so they didn’t pay attention to what he was doing. He’d never signed a lease and was gradually taking over the multi- unit property. He was sort of a guru type who had followers who moved into some of the units when other folks moved out. He ran an unlicensed nursery on the grounds with potted plants – either plants that had formerly been in the ground on the property or plants that had been taken from outdoor areas of big box retailers. He wasn’t tidy, though. So the grounds were a mess, and his nursery was spilling over onto properties adjacent to mine. I also suspected, from several complaints, that he was living in the largest unit rent free because he charged his roommates enough to cover the entire rent.Anyhow, he was getting bossier and bossier, acting like I was the evil landlady to his righteous hippie self. I was worried that he would eventually insist that he had special ownership rights, including the right to collect rents. So I served him notice that I wanted him to sign a lease with provisions about what he could and could not do on the property. He refused. So I moved to evict him. I had to pay for my lawyer, but he got a free pair of lawyers because my city supported a free legal clinic for the “poor” poor.So we land in court and the judge calls us in for a daylong settlement conference. Turns out the judge used to work for the school district. When she learned that I was a schoolteacher, and we “talked shop” for awhile, she ended up rather on my side. Then one of his lawyers, also a woman, was won over because she had visited the property and didn’t much like what she saw. The defendant and his male lawyer didn’t seem to notice this female camaraderie although my male lawyer sure saw what was going on, noting that I was doing all the work, and he just sat there with a silly grin on his face.Eventually, the judge told the defendant that he had a choice of signing a lease or going to court and very likely losing his case and getting evicted. She said he had five minutes to decide or she’d tell her office to start calling jurors. He agreed to the lease, so then we spent an hour negotiating the terms, especially specifying what he was allowed to have outside the house and what not.I loved it when we agreed that he could have one wheelbarrow outside, but his lady lawyer added, “empty.”Very satisfying. Well, she WAS pro bono, after all!Update: Over 1000 up votes in less than 24 hours. Never had that happen before.Here are some visuals - first photo is the back yard when the aforementioned tenant was in charge. He has since decamped to greener pastures, forced out by his roommates.This is what the same area looked like last year.

Mongolia in its thousands of years of history never had private ownership of land. The land ownership was communal/tribal based. It was communal based because of our nomadic lifestyle. Mongolian nomads move their livestock according to season. It is in some ways similar to migratory birds. Winter, autumn/spring, spring pastures are located in different areas. A family or tribe would move with seasons. So the migratory path was well known and crossing these paths and bringing your livestock to these lands without permission was tantamount to death wish.So when Mongolia became communist in 1921, there was no need to repossess the land. We didn't have private land ownership anyway. When Mongolia became democratic in 1991, the writers of Mongolian Constitution faced a dilemma for the first time. What shall we do with land?Mongolia is around 156 million hectares. From this, 126 million hectares are pastures. Only 11 percent of territory of Mongolia are forests.Around 167,000 ha of land can be regarded as urban land and 346,000 ha of land (out of 1 mln ha total) for agricultural land. Without going deep into discussion on the making of Mongolian Constitution this is what they have decided:Urban and agricultural land can be privatized;Mongolian pastures cannot be privatized;livestock is regarded as national treasure, therefore it is under protection of the state.The last two points highlight the importance of nomadic lifestyle in our culture. This is why any private land that can be of hindrance to pasture rotation is not allowed. Also, forests, city centers/commercial areas, water basin, Specially Protected Areas cannot be privatized.The types of land ownership is further refined in 2002 Land Law, and amended in 2008:Land ownership-Every Mongolian household (not a person, but family) is eligible to receive one time land for free. If you live in capital it is 0.07 ha of land, 0.35 ha in the provincial capital, 0.5 ha in the village. Land for commercial purposes and agricultural land cannot be owned. Only a Mongolian citizen can own a land.Lease the land-Only Mongolian citizens and business entities can lease the land for commercial purposes. they are typically time bound with 15–60 year leases, with possibility of extension.Usage of land-usually for agricultural purposes is allowed. A foreigner, for example, can lease a plot of land for agriculture purposes. Same with mining concessions.From 2003 till 2018, 570,771 citizens (read families) privatized 57,767ha of land. How these people used the land?Majority built houses or small businesses on their land;63,559 families sold their land;80,514 families gifted the land. Presumably to family members;220,904 families used the land as collateral for bank loans.[1]Ulanbaatar city alone privatized 10,145 ha of land to 191,372 families.[2][2][2][2] Most of the land was for ger districts:The main purpose of privatization of ger area is for people to have collateral. If they want to start a business or loan to build the house, they could use their land for this purpose. This idea was borrowed from Hernando De Soto and his landmark book: The Mystery of CapitalSmall percentage of land was also privatized for summer houses:Footnotes[1] Нийслэлийн суурьшлын бүсийн газар өмчлөл 80 хувьтай байна[2] Газар өмчлөл Улаанбаатарыг хэрхэн тэлсэн бэ?[2] Газар өмчлөл Улаанбаатарыг хэрхэн тэлсэн бэ?[2] Газар өмчлөл Улаанбаатарыг хэрхэн тэлсэн бэ?[2] Газар өмчлөл Улаанбаатарыг хэрхэн тэлсэн бэ?