By Ronald Patrick, Source: New York Times — Fitting a small stone into a sling made of yak wool, Tsering Stobdan whipped his wrist and let the object fly, sending it soaring across the arid landscape. …

Source: Wired, UK When Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim was growing up in the 1980s, along the shores of Lake Chad, she was dazzled by her elder’s knowledge of the land. “Reading the clouds, listening to the wind, they could tell you that in several hours it’s going to rain,” Ibrahim recalls. …

Written by Namrata Tiwari, Narrated by Pema Wange Dust circles in the air as young children clean the community ground in Tchangpa village of Chug Valley. There is a murmur that Chhampas — the performers have arrived from Kalaktang the night before and will perform the Aji-lhamu dance today. It…

Source: The Guardian — Photographer Paroma Basu followed three young Spanish women who have left urban careers and retrained through the Escola de Pastors i Pastores de Catalunya, one of a number of ́herding schools opening around Spain A head for quick thinking is required in the outdoors, where conditions can rapidly change, so…

As the drought crisis gets worse in northern Kenya, women in the East African country initiate projects like reforestation and conservation of watersheds. Source: Xinhua, Editor: Huaxia Nuria Gollo, a livestock keeper and gender rights advocate from the vast northern Kenyan county of Marsabit that neighbours Ethiopia said that losing…

By Kushal Choudhary , Niharika Mehra Source: NewsClick, 21 May 2023 People from the Van Gujjar community gathered at the Lachhiwala Forest range office in Dehradun on Friday to peacefully demonstrate against the sudden eviction notices served to them. …

A Shepherd’s Fight to Save His Dying Flock — By CfP Field Researchers: Abhinanda Lahiri, Vidur Datt, Amiya Walia A golden sunset turned to night, as Rohit sat on a rock where network was sometimes available, and called everyone he could. “Please help us”, he repeated. By sunrise, twelve animals had succumbed at 14000 ft. …

A braided belt from the camel herders of Kachchh By Bhavesh Rabari, Source: Kaarigar Ki Kahani In present times, the region of Kachchh has 960 villages with more than 20 lakh inhabitants. Groups of people from Sindh, Balochistan, UP, Bihar, and Rajasthan migrated to Kachchh in different decades and for…

By Dipti Tanna — Historically, Jats are pastoral communities whose roots are in Haleb, Baluchistan. They migrated to Sindh (Pakistan) and Kachchh (Gujarat) around 500 years ago. Jats in Kachchh are of four sub-communities mainly- Fakirani, Garasia, Hajiani, and Dhaneta. All these communities are known for rearing different animals, such as camels, cows, and…