Tag Archives: Himalaya
Shock! Mountain people excluded
‘Indigenous mountain people’? Really? Is this a way of saying that Dalits or Chetris are not poor in the mountains? Nepal: Mountain dwellers “neglected” KATHMANDU, 8 May 2012 (IRIN) – The needs of millions of indigenous mountain people across Nepal … Continue reading
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Poverty, mountain poverty?
ICIMOD is an interesting concept; an NGO set up to advocate on behalf of mountain people. What are the experiences and conditions of economically-deprived people that live in mountains and how does that differ from those in more accessible terrain? — Understanding … Continue reading