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Thank you to @icimod for sharing this story about Lubra. This is how climate change is manifesting in the high Himalaya, threatening local ways of life.
This is not just a story about climate change.
It’s about a place where faith, land, and memory are the same thing.
In Lubra, Mustang, the river is rising, the snow is fading, and a centuries-old way of life is being pushed to its edge.
A story of loss, but also of what people hold on to.
Read the full Al Jazeera feature by Eileen McDougall. aljazeera.com/features/longf…
#ClimateMigration #Migration #SG2 @nomadicnumerist @Maharjanamina1 @AJEnglish
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In Nepal's remote Mustang region, the village of Lubra has preserved one of Tibet's oldest spiritual traditions for centuries.
Now, climate change and worsening floods threaten not just homes and farmland, but a unique culture fighting to survive.
🔗: aje.news/o8hztx
On 1st May, my father and I were disembarking the #calmac ferry on the island of #kerrera. There were 12 foot passengers & one @RoyalMail vehicle. As the passengers were walking up the slipway from the ferry, the @RoyalMail driver roared up the narrow road, shouting ‘out the way’
So, I ask @RoyalMail, is it completely fine for one of their employees to drive straight into a crowd of pedestrians disembarking a small ferry, yelling at them to get out the way? Or are pedestrians free game on #kerrera?
Regarding the reckless driving of their employee, providing license plate of vehicle and time of incident. The automatic reply came back saying they would get back to me within 4 working days. Nothing has come.
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The newly rebuilt Langtang village, after Nepal’s 2015 earthquake. Residents of Langtang fought to return to their homeplace, and rebuilt it themselves when government aid was slow to arrive. #NepalEarthquake2015 @nomadicnumerist writes himalmag.com/politics/nepal-…
Today, it’s ten years since a huge 7.8 earthquake hit west Nepal, killing thousands. Last year I travelled to Langtang, one area devastated by the event, to see how the community had recovered. What I found was a story of resilience and strength 1/2
himalmag.com/politics/nepal-… #
That gave me hope for the future of Nepal. Big thank you to @Himalistan for publishing this story, and to the people of Langtang for sharing it with me.
Himalayan medicinal herbs are becoming much harder to find due to climate change and unregulated, commercial harvesting. I wrote about it for Earth Island Journal here:
earthisland.org/journal/inde…
A story I was very privileged to tell now online in BBC Future:
bbc.com/future/article/20250…
Words I wrote about my visit to Shekhawati in Rajasthan are online now. Thanks to Nat Geo Traveller UK for publishing:
nationalgeographic.com/trave…
A fun piece I wrote about my travels in Lower Mustang, Nepal. Thanks to @IntrepidTimes for publishing!
intrepidtimes.com/2025/01/aw…
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The drug epidemic caused by conflict and lawlessness in Myanmar after the 2021 coup has crossed the border to Thailand, with more refugees uprooted from their homes and families falling into addiction than ever.
Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/the-d…
In rural Nepal, thousands of family paid for their basic needs from yartsa gunbu. But now it’s decreasing, from both over-picking and climate change. I wrote about it in the Diplomat.
thediplomat.com/2024/12/nepa…
Community forests contributed to increased forest cover in Nepal, now they are struggling to operate. @tankadhakal writes a great article examining the issues:
🇳🇵🌳 Nepal’s community forestry programme saved the country from ecological disaster, but a lack of institutional support, outmigration and new taxes is excluding millions from forest access.
✍️ @tankadhakal
🔎 Learn more:
loom.ly/KbBquW8
Nepal’s once-thriving community forests face existential crisis dialogue.earth/en/forests/ne…
The Nepali government passes laws which its own Forestry department can’t cope with, threatening decades of progress. Great report @tankadhakal
This is a great piece about a grassroots initiative tackling wildlife poaching by @tankadhakal, and nicely focuses on the impact of anti-poaching laws on local communities
adnchronicles.org/2024/06/28…
A very good read by @tankadhakal
himalmag.com/politics/global…
