Pastoralists have raised livestock in harsh climates for millennia. What can they teach us today?
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL, KRISTA LARSON and LAURA UNGAR
Associated Press
SUKHBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Pastoralists in Senegal and Mongolia draw on millennia of experience to raise livestock in harsh, volatile climates. But they and other pastoralists around the world face mounting pressures from deteriorating environments, shrinking rangelands, and new generations who seek a less grueling and tenuous life. At the same time, pastoralism is modernizing, with groups leveraging new technology to better care for their animals. In fact, the practice has survived for so long because it is designed to adapt to changing environments. Experts say it provides lessons that could help those who raise livestock at much larger scales adapt to climate change.
