• THE VANISHING DUKHA

​Cultural diversity refers to having different cultures respect each other's differences.

In the past several decades, the average temperatures in Mongolia have risen more than twice the global average. This warming trend has intensified both summer droughts and extreme winter conditions making survival more difficult for Tsaatan reindeer herders.

​In response, the Mongolian government set up a Special Protection Area: cancelling mining licenses, eliminating hunting and fishing and excluding reindeer.

Although this action may have helped protect certain wildlife, it has upset Tsaatan hunting traditions and may have harmed the general health of the reindeer.