OBSERVERS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MONGOLIA’S QUEST FOR CASHMERE SUSTAINABILITY
April 19th, 2024
With 9,300 tonnes of raw cashmere produced annually, Mongolia accounts for 40% of the world’s raw cashmere output, with 190,000 herder households in an overall population of around 3.4 million people looking after almost 27 million goats (1).
The overwhelming importance of the cashmere industry for Mongolia’s overall economy has long been making it difficult to avoid sustainability issues, with overgrazing and the degradation and desertification of pastureland being accelerated by increased demand for cashmere from the international fashion ...
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