Abstract
Khumbu Since 1950: Cultural, Landscape, and Climate Change in the Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park, Khumbu, Nepal. By Alton C. Byers
Highlights
Byers introduces us, through their photography, to many of the early pioneers of mountaineering and survey in the Khumbu
More recent fieldwork by Byers goes on to demonstrate his significant contribution to working with the local community to ensure that Sagarmatha National Park is moving from a disreputable tourist/mountaineer garbage dump to one of the cleanest national parks and World Heritage Sites in existence
To help achieve this he has made an important personal contribution by working with the local Sherpas, to effect the cleanup, and to encourage them to collaborate with visiting specialists and so ensure that they take a leading role in protection against the hazards of possible glacial lake outburst floods. His virtually lifelong commitment to the Khumbu and its people constitutes a vital contribution to one of the main principles outlined in Chapter 13 of Agenda 21—to ensure a thorough collaboration between the local mountain people and visiting supporters toward sustainable mountain development
Summary
Through their photography, to many of the early pioneers of mountaineering and survey in the Khumbu. The list continues on to anthropologists and foresters, some of whom are known to have published highly contentious claims of post-1950 severe deforestation.
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