There are many differences between living in the Gobi Desert and on the shores of Southern Madagascar. Yet, communities in either place still rely on natural world for their livelihoods. They both live in remote areas, with little connection to cities, and depend on a changing environment. Their views on the future it is strikingly similar (Photo: Jacopo Pasotti, 2017).

Seaweed as well as livestock farming is a family effort. Men and women they often work together during harvesting of seaweeds or camel milking (Photo: Jacopo Pasotti, 2017)

Batkhuyag Tseveravajaa, president of a community of herders in the Gobi Desert, and Samba Lahy, fisher in Tampolove, believe they can cope with changes, they have a strong sense of place and are not planning to migrate. They ask for political, social, and technical support from institutions (Photo: Jacopo Pasotti, 2017).

It's my capital. Sheep and goats, seaweeds and fishes, these are the primary products of communities in the arid highlands of Mongolia and the tropical coasts of Southern Madagascar (Photo: Jacopo Pasotti, 2017).

It's a women job. Seaweed farming changed life of Narinchu Marcelline, who is now treasurer of the association of sea cucumbers farmers in Tampolove. She has a income, she has a key role in the community. Orsoo Tserenchimed, is key to the functioning of the herding family, she is the first to wake up, as she will light the oven to warm up the gher, and the last to go to sleep, when all family components are secured under a thick layers of wool blankets (Photo: Jacopo Pasotti, 2017).

It is all about water. The short river central to life of herders in the Uvurkhangai region is getting shorter as rainfall is decreasing. Changes in ocean's temperature and physical conditions are killing coral reefs along the coasts of Southern Madagascar. In the effort to cope with changes, villagers and nomads formed communities in order to efficiently manage the natural resources left (Photo: Jacopo Pasotti, 2017).

Pirogues, motorbikes. Moving is fundamental for both working and socializing. Fishers and herders they often meet in the vastitude of the ocean, or the desert, and exchange views on how the environment is changing around them (Photo: Jacopo Pasotti, 2017).

One of the best camel milk in the region, one of the tastiest reef fish on this coast. Reefs as gardens of the fishers, pastures on rangelands for herders, both are becoming less productive due to environmental changes. For this reason, community-based management is a tool for efficient control on scarce resources (Photo: Jacopo Pasotti, 2017).

"Once there were a lot of fish in this bay, we were used to come ashore with pirogues full of fishes", said Isay, more than 90 years old, and still active fisher. "When I was a child, this area used to have abundant grasses. In recent years, storms are carrying more sand, precipitation is decreasing, so grasse is not as good as it used to be", said Dorjgofov Tsevelravjaa, a 62 years old herder (Photo: Jacopo Pasotti, 2017).

Far, linear, horizons. Sand, wind, and sky. Herding and fishing need large areas to keep up with their livelihoods (Photo: Jacopo Pasotti, 2017).

From goat to coat, from weed to cream. Farmed products from Mongolia and Madagascar will end up in our market, as kashmere wool, or as gel to thick dairy foams, creams (Photo: Jacopo Pasotti, 2017).