China: Reclaiming The Forest: Ewenki Reindeer Herding As Exception

China: Reclaiming The Forest: Ewenki Reindeer Herding As Exception   Ashild Kolas, 2011   The Ewenki of Aoluguya, Inner Mongolia, used to be hunters and keep reindeer as pack animals. In 2003, they were relocated as "ecological migrants," their guns were confiscated, and hunting was banned. Reindeer herding in state-owned forests is the only remnant of their transhumant lifestyle, which is now based mainly on the production of reindeer horn for use in Chinese medicine. A...

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