Dream Land is one of the new residential districts of Ulan Bator. The effect of climate change, the environmental impact of the mining industry and over-exploitation have caused a degradation of the pastureland and have forced many herders to abandon the traditional nomadic lifestyle to seek new opportunities in urban areas.
The so-called environmental refugees are migrants who move not to richer nations, but to urban areas of their countries of origin, already overcrowded and often very poor, with serious social, economic and environmental consequences. In Ulan Bator, the herders have settled in the so-called "Ger districts" which currently are home to 800,000 residents without electricity, heating and running water.
Dream Land evokes the hope of environmental migrants to find a better life in the capital.