Difficult to predict' - As the setting sun cast long shadows over the steppe, Zandan pulled on a thick green brocade jacket and strode outside, whistling as he shepherded his indignant charges into a ...

Balbals are found throughout the Kazakh steppe. In the Karkaraly and Bayanaul mountains, chains of 300 to 350 balbals once ...

And while overgrazing has long contributed to desertification on the steppe, climate change is making things even worse. Droughts in the summers have made it harder to fatten animals and stockpile ...

And while overgrazing has long contributed to desertification on the steppe, climate change is making things even worse.