migration
Human migration can be triggered by multiple factors, including political, demographic, economic and social influences. It is widely accepted that environmental change can also drive large populations to migrate to other regions. However, isolating and measuring environment-induced...
Lausanne, Apr. 14th, 2016
In the Himalayan region, women are the pillars of the rural economies and yet, despite some progress, they continue to face more obstacles to development than men, as a result of gender-based discrimination.
In November 2014,...
Migration is greatly affecting mountain societies and mountain ecosystems. Mountain Research and Development...
Changing Climate, Moving People is a 35-minute film made by The Energy Resource Institute (TERI), for UNESCO, which looks at disaster or climate stress related migration from three different regions in the country – Uttarakhand, Bundelkhand and Odisha. These three states are already...
Papers in this open issue of MRD discuss impacts of cultural and economic changes on mountains, as well as mountains’ role as resource providers. Research topics include migration trends among ethnic Tibetans in Nepal leading to depopulation of their native mountain valleys;...
