Ice stupas of the Ladakh desert: an ingenious solution to water scarcity – a picture essay
Farmers in the northern Indian region used to rely on snow and glacier meltwater, but the climate crisis is disrupting the water cycle – which means new ways of storing water are needed
- All photographs by Ciril Jazbec, winner of the Unesco and Onewater Walk of Water photography competition
As the Himalayan glaciers recede and water scarcity intensifies, communities in Ladakh, a high-altitude desert in northern India, are turning to innovative means to safeguard their future.
This fragile region experiences an average annual rainfall of about 100mm.
Tsering Angchuk, a farmer from the village of Stase-Dho, helped build a 22-metre ice stupa for the village
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