Uploaded January 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Wu Rigen is a shepherd, an ancient vocation for many of China’s ethnic Mongolians. But the prairie that sustains his livestock is suffering.
Government restrictions, industrialization and overgrazing — along with climate change, which is causing desertification and more intense droughts — have taken a harsh toll on herders in the region.
Read more on the destruction of Inner Mongolia's prairies here: http://wapo.st/2jeDmEt
Words above by Lu Liu.
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Wu Rigen is a shepherd, an ancient vocation for many of China’s ethnic Mongolians. But the prairie that sustains his livestock is suffering.
Government restrictions, industrialization and overgrazing — along with climate change, which is causing desertification and more intense droughts — have taken a harsh toll on herders in the region.
Read more on the destruction of Inner Mongolia's prairies here: http://wapo.st/2jeDmEt
Words above by Lu Liu.
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