Abraham Abhishek

Abraham Abhishek is a Project Manager at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands

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Gujjars and Bakkerwals migrate every summer towards the upper reaches of the Shivalik, Pir Panjal and Trikuta Hills of the Western Himalayas on scheduled dates due to a rise in day temperatures in the plain areas of Jammu. The tradition of seasonal tribal migration has survived since centuries.

Transhumance has been criminalised for long in India; new research reveals though that Kashmir’s Gujjars, Bakkerwals and Gaddis offer invaluable ecosystem services

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