Mongolian official wins UN Sasakawa award for work on dzud or 'white death'

A Mongolian Government official was named 2005 laureate of the prestigious United Nations Sasakawa award for his groundbreaking work on dzud, or "white death," the combination of extreme winter conditions that have killed more than 8.5 million livestock over four years by starving or isolating them.
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12 Oct 2005
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  • United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)

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