Pastoralists Modernizing to Cope With Climate Change, New Lifestyles
Voice of America
FILE - Nurmaa, the wife of herder Agvaantogtokh, rounds up their sheep, in the Munkh-Khaan region of the Sukhbaatar district, in southeast Mongolia, May 13, 2023. FILE - Goats and sheep run towards a water point before undertaking a 24-kilometer journey to a new location in the Munkh-Khaan region of the Sukhbaatar district, in southeast Mongolia, May 14, 2023. FILE - A neighboring herder talks to Agvaantogtokh, left, sitting on a livestock fence in the Munkh-Khaan region of the Sukhbaatar district in southeast Mongolia, May 16, 2023.
The moon glowed in the predawn Mongolia sky as Agvaantogtokh and his family prepared for another big move. On horseback, he rode to a well with nearly a thousand sheep and goats. Occasionally, he and his wife, Nurmaa, stopped to help struggling young ones, weak after a harsh winter.
