THE DUKHA PEOPLE, VICTIMS OR CULPRITS


  • Photographer
    Sandra Ballesteros Moffa
  • Prize
    1st Place / Editorial / Press/Environmental
  • Date of Photograph
    October 2019

Currently, only about forty Dukha families, engaged in reindeer husbandry, survive. Rising temperatures, due to climate change, and the conservation laws of the Mongolian government to preserve the Taiga from the ecological impact that the Dukha pose on their territory, threaten their traditional way of life. The worldwide struggle between the use of environmental resources and their sustainability is dramatically palpable in this remote place where the Dukha people lose the battle and fear for their survival.

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