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herders  

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  • Herders are people whose lives revolve around the tending of animals and who, consequently, tend to have a seminomadic or nomadic lifestyle. They range from shepherds and cowherds who are found in a wide variety of agricultural settings to the reindeer herders of the north to the nomadic steppe tribes of Mongolia and Central Asia. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Herders]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-BTWR1FKL-9

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