Southern Mongolia: Hundreds of Herding Families Forced Off Their Pastures
As part of an ‘ecological recovery’ program, Chinese authorities have evicted hundreds of Mongolian herders and their families from their pastures. It is suspected that the confiscated land will be used for strip-mining and exploited for its natural resources. The confiscation of their land has deprived the Mongolian herders of their livelihoods and they are receiving inadequate...