At the end of 2015, about 63 per cent of rangeland was severely overgrazed. In recent years, herders have paid more attention to goat breeding, due to increasing market demands for and the high price of cashmere. The proportion of goats in the total number of livestock had increased from 19.3 per cent in 1987 to 42.1 per cent in 2015, while that of other livestock, including sheep, cattle, horses and camels, continually declined. The arable land in Mongolia has declined from 1.334 million ha in 1987 to 1.067 million ha in 2016 (figure 12.3).