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Herder ensures 'mother' is safe

Editor's note: This year, the People's Republic of China celebrates its 75th anniversary, marking a crucial year for achieving the goals and tasks outlined in the 14th Five-Year Plan. This week, we are highlighting a herder's family who lives at the source area of the Yellow River. Family members of Karchug, dubbed "the first family at the Yellow River source", …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Herder ensures 'mother' is safe

China Daily

Editor's note: This year, the People's Republic of China celebrates its 75th anniversary, marking a crucial year for achieving the goals and tasks outlined in the 14th Five-Year Plan. This week, we are highlighting a herder's family who lives at the source area of the Yellow River. Family members of Karchug, dubbed "the first family at the Yellow River source", …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

The last yak herders of Nepal's Mustang Valley

Live Mint

Unlike their lowland cousins, yaks are a difficult lot. In the silence of these towering mountains where clouds come to die, Tsering’s 60 yaks grunt in symphony, the steam from their nostrils leaving behind a vapour trail in the cold air. As seasons came and went, herd animals would tread all over mountain trails, and for herders like Tsering’s father …

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Fresh approaches to winter pasturing see strong returns

China Daily

Police officers and herders work together to unload the sheep, increasing the efficiency of the migration. This has resulted in 1.07 million mu of natural grassland in the Qilian Mountains having a "vacation" for nearly five months from the impact of grazing herds, according to the animal husbandry and veterinary service center of Sunan county's agriculture and rural affairs bureau. …

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Fresh approaches to winter pasturing see strong returns

China Daily

Police officers help herders count and corral the sheep during the migration in Bortala. Sticking to tradition However, some herders choose to follow the old method of trekking their herds to winter pastures, believing in the adage of "survival of the fittest". In late November, 230,000 camels, cattle and sheep marched across snow-covered mountains from Jeminay county, Altay, Xinjiang Uygur …

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Fresh approaches to winter pasturing see strong returns

China Daily

Livestock workers provide guidance on lambing and young animal care at a herder's home in Sunan county, Gansu province. Financial windfall Wang Dong, 55, a farmer from Majun village in Zhangye, said he starts planting corn around April 15 each year, and begins harvesting around Sept 20. In the past, Wang had sold the corn stalks to large-scale livestock farmers …

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FRESH APPROACHES TO WINTER PASTURING SEE STRONG RETURNS

China Daily

By Chen Meiling in Beijing, Ma Jingna in Lanzhou and Mao Weihua in Urumqi | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-12-09 00:00 Keeping herds at home, use of high-tech solutions reduce environmental impact, boost incomes Caring for livestock during the cold season in Northwest China has been modernized in recent years, with Beidou positioning, mobile support vehicles and real-time weather …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Pushkar Fair: Where camels, culture and tourists come together in the heart of Rajasthan

Hindustan Times

It’s early morning in Pushkar, a city at the edge of the Thar desert in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan, and a herd of about a dozen camels led by two men is returning, raising a golden sand cloud. Camel herders bring their animals to a water tank at a camel fair in Pushkar, in the northwestern Indian state …

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4 months ago

Couple devoted to guarding cultural relics

China Daily

Memet and his wife walk on a dirt road leading to the ancient structure that was put under national first-class protection in 2013. Before 2001, when Kazak herders living in the region moved livestock between their winter and summer pastures in spring and autumn, they used buildings at the site as temporary pens. After Memet started protecting the tower, he …

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4 months ago

Couple devoted to guarding cultural relics

China Daily

Memet and his wife walk on a dirt road leading to the ancient structure that was put under national first-class protection in 2013. Before 2001, when Kazak herders living in the region moved livestock between their winter and summer pastures in spring and autumn, they used buildings at the site as temporary pens. After Memet started protecting the tower, he …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Drought forces Kenya’s Maasai and other cattle herders to consider fish and camels

Associated Press

KAJIADO, Kenya — The blood, milk and meat of cattle have long been staple foods for Maasai pastoralists in Kenya, perhaps the country’s most recognizable community. “We never used to live near lakes and oceans, so fish was very foreign for us,” said Maasai Council of Elders chair Kelena ole Nchoi. “We grew up seeing our elders eat cows and …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Armed men kill at least 13 farmers in Nigeria’s conflict-hit region, official says

Associated Press

ABUJA, Nigeria — Armed men killed at least 13 farmers during an attack in north-central Nigeria, a local official said Thursday. Akilu Isyaku, a local government official, told the local radio station Crystal FM that herders and kidnappers are suspected in the attack. Armed groups take advantage of a limited security presence to take people during attacks on villages and …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Sheep shearing season begins in Xizang grasslands

China Daily

A Tibetan herder shears a sheep in Gerze county, Xizang autonomous region. SONAM RINCHEN/FOR CHINA DAILY In the picturesque grasslands of Gerze county in Ngari prefecture of the Xizang autonomous region, the arrival of summer signals commencement of the annual sheep shearing season. With an average altitude of 4,500 meters above sea level, the pastoral village of Tarab in Oma …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

All the world's a stage

China Daily

A Ulan Muqir troupe performs for viewers on Xilamuren Grassland in Baotou, Inner Mongolia. The first Ulan Muqir troupe was formed in the Sonid Right Banner in Xiliin Gol League in 1957, with the mission of entertaining communities with limited access to cultural events. After decades of development, there are now 75 Ulan Muqir troupes in Inner Mongolia, with about …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

All the world's a stage

China Daily

A Ulan Muqir troupe performs for viewers on Xilamuren Grassland in Baotou, Inner Mongolia. The first Ulan Muqir troupe was formed in the Sonid Right Banner in Xiliin Gol League in 1957, with the mission of entertaining communities with limited access to cultural events. After decades of development, there are now 75 Ulan Muqir troupes in Inner Mongolia, with about …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Ladakh: Herders on the front line of India-China border dispute say they’re losing grazing land – and a way of life

CNN

CNN — High in the Himalayas, the people of a remote northern Indian territory fear their way of life is under threat from the changing climate, looming development – and border tensions with China. Courtesy Sonam Dorje China doesn’t recognize what its Foreign Ministry has called the “so-called union territory of Ladakh,” saying the “western section of the China-India border …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Reindeer herders battle power line needed for Norway’s climate goal

The Independent

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Harsh Mongolian winter leaves 4.7m animals dead; Red Cross issues appeal

Al Jazeera

UN says Mongolian herders are experiencing extreme ‘dzud’ cold conditions more often, with little time to recover before the next one. Mongolian herders have endured months of extreme cold, known as the “dzud”, that have already claimed the lives of about 4.7 million livestock animals, according to Mongolia’s Emergency Operations Centre, prompting an emergency appeal for assistance from the Red …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Mongolia At 'High Risk' From Climate Change-Fueled Weather

Huff Post

Davaadorj Duuji looks at a pile of his animals killed by the "dzud" in Darkhad Valley, Khovsgol province, Mongolia. Taylor Weidman via Getty Images For nomads eking out a living by herding animals on Mongolia’s vast steppes, the deadliest winters used to come only once a decade, freezing the grasslands into solid ice or coating everything with so much snow …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Our bodies know the pain’: Why Norway’s reindeer herders support Gaza

Al Jazeera

Having long endured threats to their own existence, the Indigenous Sami community is protesting Israel’s war on Gaza. In front of the Norwegian Parliament on a cold October day, surrounded by hundreds of Palestinian and Sami flags, Isaksen held a mic and performed the “joik”, a traditional Sami song performed without instruments. “I don’t like to divide the Sami with …

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11 months, 1 week ago

'We have mechanism to deal with...': MEA on viral video of Chinese soldiers stopping Indian herders in Ladakh

India TV News

New Delhi: A day after a group of shepherds in Ladakh were stopped by Chinese soldiers from grazing sheep near the Line of Actual Control, the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday denied commenting on the issue saying the "matter is not concerned with the MEA". VIDEO: Chinese soldiers stopping Indian herders in Ladakh "We have seen one such video. …

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1 year ago

At least 140 villagers killed by suspected herders in weekend attacks in north-central Nigeria

Associated Press

ABUJA, Nigeria — Gunmen attacked remote villages over the weekend in north-central Nigeria’s Plateau state, killing at least 140 people, officials and survivors said Tuesday, the latest case this year of such mass killings blamed on the farmer-herder crisis in the West African nation. “It has been a very terrifying Christmas for us here in Plateau.” Amnesty International’s Nigeria office …

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1 year ago

Mongolia's Displaced Nomads And The Cost Of City Life

Huff Post

This is the second installment of a two-part series examining the hardship nomadic herders face in a fast-changing Mongolia. ALEXANDER C. KAUFMAN/HUFFPOST Ruined, the family saw no choice but to trek across the country to Mongolia’s one big city, Ulaanbaatar, joining the more than 850,000 nomads who have resettled in what are known as the ger districts. “But now this …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Herders and farmers seek reasons for east Africa’s drought

Hindustan Times

A few years ago, before the great drought, Molu Golbowa looked into a goat’s intestines and foresaw the disaster to come. Instead, locals treat anthropogenic climate change as just one more possibility in a world where indigenous beliefs, Abrahamic faiths and modern education coexist. Elders recall a time when they would pray to traditional gods and the rain would fall …

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Herder ensures 'mother' is safe

Herder ensures 'mother' is safe

The last yak herders of Nepal's Mustang Valley

Fresh approaches to winter pasturing see strong returns

Fresh approaches to winter pasturing see strong returns

Fresh approaches to winter pasturing see strong returns

FRESH APPROACHES TO WINTER PASTURING SEE STRONG RETURNS

Pushkar Fair: Where camels, culture and tourists come together in the heart of Rajasthan

Couple devoted to guarding cultural relics

Couple devoted to guarding cultural relics

Drought forces Kenya’s Maasai and other cattle herders to consider fish and camels

Armed men kill at least 13 farmers in Nigeria’s conflict-hit region, official says

Sheep shearing season begins in Xizang grasslands

All the world's a stage

All the world's a stage

Ladakh: Herders on the front line of India-China border dispute say they’re losing grazing land – and a way of life

Reindeer herders battle power line needed for Norway’s climate goal

Harsh Mongolian winter leaves 4.7m animals dead; Red Cross issues appeal

Mongolia At 'High Risk' From Climate Change-Fueled Weather

‘Our bodies know the pain’: Why Norway’s reindeer herders support Gaza

'We have mechanism to deal with...': MEA on viral video of Chinese soldiers stopping Indian herders in Ladakh

At least 140 villagers killed by suspected herders in weekend attacks in north-central Nigeria

Mongolia's Displaced Nomads And The Cost Of City Life

Herders and farmers seek reasons for east Africa’s drought