John Wendle

Show Navigation

Image 1 of 1

01_008_21_15_Central-Asia_Climate-Change_Nautilus_Wendle_1904_IMG_9932.jpg

Add to Lightbox Download
September 17 2016 Nurdin Orozaliev rides towards the glaciers that lie at the base of Chok Tal peak in the Chon Kemin Valley in northern Kyrgyzstan. Climate change in Kyrgyzstan is affecting cross border water rights in the already ethnically divided Fergana Valley, all while glaciers melt in the Tian Shan Mountains. Tensions are rising as different groups compete for scarcer and scarcer resources.
Copyright
John Wendle John Wendle
Image Size
5760x3840 / 18.5MB
www.johnwendle.com
Contained in galleries
Water and War
September 17 2016 Nurdin Orozaliev rides towards the glaciers that lie at the base of Chok Tal peak in the Chon Kemin Valley in northern Kyrgyzstan. Climate change in Kyrgyzstan is affecting cross border water rights in the already ethnically divided Fergana Valley, all while glaciers melt in the Tian Shan Mountains. Tensions are rising as different groups compete for scarcer and scarcer resources.