Weather & Science
Mongolia’s Livestock Are Being Killed by Winter Climate Disasters
The frequency of natural disasters in Mongolia has doubled in the last 20 years, threatening nomadic communities that tend to herds of horses, goats and sheep.
A herd of sheep and goats graze in Murun, Khovsgol Province, Mongolia in March 2017.
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Millions of livestock have perished as climate change exacerbates impacts of extreme winter weather in the East Asian nation, crippling nomadic communities that rely on the animals for income and threatening wider economic damage.
The frequency of natural disasters in Mongolia has doubled over the past two decades and climate change is contributing to land degradation, desertification and water scarcity, which makes livestock less fit to survive harsh winters, according to the United Nations.