Changing Taiga

Semi-domesticated reindeer across Eurasia

NORWAY

FINLAND

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

SWEDEN

MONGOLIA

CHINA

Pastoralist regions across theWorld

SOUTH KOREA

CHINA

JAPAN

NEPAL

BANGLADESH

INDIA

MYANMAR LAO

Semi-domesticated reindeer range

Biomes

Temperate coniferous forest Boreal forest / Taiga Tundra

Source: Dong, S., et al. , Vulnerability of worldwide pastoralism to global changes and interdisciplinary strategies for sustainable pastoralism , Ecology and Society, 2011.

Source: International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry; biomes adapted from Olson et al, Terrestrial ecoregions of the World: a newmap of life, Bioscience, 2001.

Map by Riccardo Pravettoni.

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