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Uttarakhand villages adapt to life beyond apples
December 18, 2018
As climate change impacts and human intervention push traditional farmers in India’s Uttarakhand to the wall, they are adapting by embracing new crops and livelihoods
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Hope and pumpkins along the Teesta
November 06, 2018
Pumpkin cultivation on sandbars has drawn hundreds and thousands out of extreme poverty in Bangladesh, and this change of cultivation patterns may pave the way for others as water flow in the Teesta declines
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The silt farmers of the Gandak river
October 01, 2018
Landless labourers in Bihar benefit from the silt that comes down from the Himalayas by growing vegetables, but it is an extremely tough life, with very little profit for the farmer
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From apples to vegetables in Sikkim
September 21, 2018
Apple orchards are travelling up the mountains in Sikkim and elsewhere in the Himalayas, as climate change makes the lower slopes too warm
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Nepal’s thirsty mountain villages
September 05, 2018
As springs across Nepal falter and fail, the 13 million people that live in Nepal’s hilly areas face the brunt of a water crisis that is only now being understood
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The changemakers of the Soan river basin
August 13, 2018
In Pakistan’s Soan river basin, deeply impacted by climate change, farmers, local leaders, and innovators are embracing technologies to deal with irregular rains and rising temperatures
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Uttarakhand villages adapt to life beyond apples
December 18, 2018
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Hope and pumpkins along the Teesta
November 06, 2018
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The silt farmers of the Gandak river
October 01, 2018
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From apples to vegetables in Sikkim
September 21, 2018
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Nepal’s thirsty mountain villages
September 05, 2018
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The changemakers of the Soan river basin
August 13, 2018
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Waiting to drown in Bihar
July 19, 2018

This is a special series of reports by women journalists, done in partnership with ICIMOD, showing how vulnerable communities in the Hindu Kush Himalayas innovate and adapt in the face of climate change.
The Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region is one of the world’s youngest, highest and most fragile mountain systems. It is one of the areas most vulnerable to climate change, where temperatures are rising much faster than the global average. It is also an area of huge cultural diversity – where some of the poorest communities face huge challenges.
The Himalayan Adaptation, Water and Resilience Research (HI-AWARE) is a research consortium that has carried out scientific and participatory research to better understand the impacts of a changing climate in the region. As part of this project, HI-AWARE reached out to women journalists across the region to capture local experiences – from high in the icy mountains to the sandy plains.