Scaling the Mountain: Protecting Forests for Families in Nepal [Video]
Publisher: The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Author(s): Environmental Change and Security Program
Date: 2014
Topics: Land, Livelihoods, Renewable Resources
Countries: Nepal
In the foothills of Nepal, extreme deforestation has pushed many rural communities onto marginal lands. In "Scaling the Mountain," the second film in the Wilson Center's "Healthy People, Healthy Environment" series, villagers in Jogimara and Naubise districts find that combining conservation efforts with reproductive health services has helped them to support their families and their communities more sustainably.