When Men and Mountain Meet Confluence of Unsustainable Tourism and Unsustainable Business

With this article, Rajshekhar Pant, makes us aware of the threats mountains are receiving as an outcome of the unsustainable development practices. He exerts that the inappropriate development despite taking a big toll, has blinded both the high-ups and commoners to such an extent that no one wants to say that tourism also brings trouble as long as it serves the purpose—need of the visitors and greed of the locals.

- Rajshekhar Pant

They are not just the locations or destinations where people seek authority; neither are they the bastions that separate sometimes the privileged from the underprivileged. The mountains are homes to 15% of the world's population and host nearly half of its biodiversity hotspots. They have been the freshwater columns for everyday life to half of the humanity, helping sustaining agriculture, clean energy and essentials of life—to be precise mountains have indeed been the bestowers.