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The objectives of this paper are to: 1. Explain our ethical stance when doing research on soundscapes and sonic practices in Mongolia with herder communities as a Mongolian-American research team. 2. Describe our research process in concept and practice, which is based on a co-production or co-generation approach to research, highlighting the role of the team’s Nutag Researchers. 3. Discuss some cases of our co-production practice and some of the opportunities and challenges our team faces working together. 

Abstract Pastoral people in rangelands worldwide are experiencing uncertainty due to a combination of climatic, economic, and political stressors. Our study seeks to create a full view of the drivers, impacts, and adaptations to change for livestock herders in rural Mongolia, making use of herder traditional knowledge and select instrumental data. Interview respondents described undesirable trends in livestock herds, pasture, wildlife, and their livelihoods in three sites in northern, central, and eastern Mongolia from 1995 to 2015, including decreased lake levels. There was more agreement for precipitation trends than for temperature. We developed a systems model based on herder descriptions of the sequence and prominence of interacting drivers of change. Finally, we describe measures herders are taking to adapt to these changes, such as more frequent livestock movement. We present a transdisciplinary view of social-ecological change and applications for more regionally focused governance in an era of climate uncertainty.