Monday, 25 April 2016

Esquilar la lana en un clima más cálido

As a bitter cold dawn rises over the grassy plateau of Moyobamba in the Peruvian Andes, the frosty air is heavy with excitement. A couple of hundred villagers from nearby Tanta have gathered on the rocky pastures, impatient to see the revival of chaccu, an ancient tradition of coralling wild, camel-like vicuñas that has been brought back from the edge of oblivion to help villagers adapt to a changing climate.

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UNEP