Impactscommons.wikimedia.org Climate change forces Kashmir nomads to migrate In India’s Ladakh region, a mountainous cold desert that borders China and Pakistan, climate change is fueling migration for nomads.
Impacts Photo by Hans-Jurgen Mager on Unsplash Glimpses of Northern India’s vanishing nomads Facing a generational exodus and the threats of a changing climate, this rich culture, amassed over centuries, may vanish in what amounts to the blink of an eye.
Newsletter Photo by Patrick Schneider on Unsplash On the move with Mongolia’s nomadic reindeer herders Facing growing uncertainties, the Dukha people are being forced to make difficult decisions about their traditions and their future.
Causes www.nationalgeographic.com Who killed this Indigenous family in the Peruvian Amazon? And why? The killings of members of a once “uncontacted” tribe are tragic—and show how perilous the journey out of isolation can be.
Impacts www.ozy.com The city so full nobody can breathe Mongolia is losing its nomadic culture — and its lung health.
Newsletter www.nationalgeographic.com The dangers of Dzud, Mongolia’s lethal winters Nomadic herders of the Mongolian steppe are at the mercy of these dramatic winters, and scientists are struggling to understand the lethal phenomenon.
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