#176: Himalayan Refugees and Climate Change
The Himalaya and the adjacent Tibetan plateau house the globe's third biggest ice packed are the source of most of Asia's major rivers.
Over the past century of the people of these mountains have had to endure colonisation unstable geopolitics, and now a climate changing at twice the global average. Despite this they have survived and in some cases thrived, coming up with innovative ways to approach these changes.
Guest:
Tsechu Dolma (Co-founder and Director, Mountain Resiliency Project)
Host:
Dr Ruth Gamble (DECRA Fellow, History, La Trobe University)
Recorded on 8 December, 2021.