zReportage.com Story of the Week #762: TUESDAY November 17, 2020: ‘NOMADS NO MORE’ from ZUMA Press award winning photographer David Ryder who specializes in in-depth issue reporting: For millennia, pastoral herders have lived on the Mongolian steppe, moving with their livestock according to the seasons. Herding is a way of life for over a third of Mongolians, and of symbolic importance to the whole country. Thanks in part to rural-to-urban migration, it is now under threat. In Mongolia, as in other parts of the world, this century is proving to be an era of fast and furious change. Modernization, a new economic system, opportunities in mining, and the effects of overgrazing and climate change are nudging an ancient nomadic culture to adopt a more urban, settled lifestyle. Nomads now face a choice that will shape the future of their country: withstand new threats on the steppe, or give up herding in search of new opportunities. Welcome to: ‘NOMADS NO MORE’
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