Deserts creeping up in Mongolia, demand for cashmere partly blamed

Deserts creeping up in Mongolia, demand for cashmere partly blamed

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Photo taken in June shows Naranerdne (R), a 19-year-old nomadic livestock tender, and his family sitting in a pasture field facing rapid desertification.

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