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Pamiri Women and the Melting Glaciers

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28 October 2013

6730 ḵing gan

Three generations of of Pamiri women share the impacts of the melt and decreasing water levels.

The glaciers of the Pamir mountains (Tajikistan), which provide over 50% of Central Asia's water resources, are rapidly melting at a rate similar to Greenland's continental glacier.

United Nations University (2012)

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Sg̱aasguu:

10m 7s

Ts’ahlgid:

climate change, glaciers, Pamir, traditional knowledge

Languages:

English

Location:

Tajikistan

Ḵwaan sda: Climate Changed World