By bne IntelIiNews Unprecedented and extreme “dzud” weather conditions—a phenomenon unique to Mongolia—have caused significant humanitarian impacts, affecting 245,005 families across the country so far, the International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said in a report released on February 2. As a result of dzud, Mongolia’s number of livestock losses increased from 49,000 in November to 284,242 as of January 26, the report said. Many herders, it added, had to resort to the migratory Otor Movement as their main coping mechanism. The Otor Movement is a nomadic practice …