Nomad's land: Herding reforms on the Steppe. Mongolia is the country of endless plains and eternal blue skies.
Eighty per cent of the land area is covered by grassland, giving home to about 35 million horses, cattle, sheep, goats and camels. Half of the country's population of 2.7 million depends on livestock production, which contributes more than 20 per cent to the country's GDP. More than these numbers can tell, nomadic pastoralism is a way of life. For centuries, herders have roamed the grasslands "following our animals", as the herders' adage goes, building, packing, and rebuilding their traditional gers or tents, to make their living from nature's bounty. And, yet, this ancient lifestyle is under threat. The 2009 national assessment on climate change in Mongolia summarised a number of major trends: Since 1940, the annual mean temperature has increased by 2.14 degrees Celsius, winter precipitation has increased and warm season precipitation has slightly decreased.
Increasing livestock Introduction of co-management Short grass. European Wind Energy Association - EWEA: EU reaches 100 GW wind power milestone. European Wind Energy Association You are here: Home > Press room > Press releases > Skip to main content » Follow EWEA on: no news_id given Share this page on: FacebookTwitterLinkedInGoogle + About the European Wind Energy Association EWEA is the voice of the wind industry, actively promoting wind power in Europe and worldwide.
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The town of Concord, Mass., is in line to be the first in the nation to do just that, now that the state’s attorney general has signed off. The bottled water industry, for its part, is considering a lawsuit. Championed by an 84-year-old resident during a three-year battle, the law bans the sale of single-serving PET water bottles of one liter or less starting on Jan. 1 in Concord, population 18,000. A first offense comes with a warning, followed by $25 for second offense and $50 for any beyond that, the Boston Globe reported. Jean Hill, the Concord resident behind ban, told The Boston Globe that she was relieved after three years of work. "I hope other towns will follow,’" Hill said. In a letter to Concord, state Attorney General Martha Coakley said she was confident the law could stand up in court, citing a case where the U.S. Sierra Leone whiz kid builds own radio station.