With their alpine grasslands shrinking due to erratic rainfall and glacier retreat, herders in Peru’s central Andes have decided that the future lies in reviving the past.
To improve access to water and save their livestock, indigenous communities in the villages of Canchayllo and Miraflores have restored abandoned dams, reservoirs and canals that date back over 3,000 years.
This story was originally published by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Read the full article here: Peru’s alpine herders revive ancient technologies to face the future