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Trans-Himalayan Protocols

Indigenous Knowledge as Active Ecological Science

Mustang knowledge custodians are active scientific co-investigators, not passive research subjects. Participatory research ensures community ownership of all published field documentation.

Community Protocols

Collaborative Field Observations

Upper Mustang

Living Infrastructure

Documenting ancient irrigation channels and terraced fields, maintained through communal effort. These systems represent sophisticated high-altitude adaptation.

Lower Mustang

Ecological Custodianship

Partnerships with local herders and farmers to record seasonal grazing patterns and traditional seed-saving practices, vital for biodiversity.

Direct Testimony

The mountain remembers what we forget. We learn to listen, not just to measure, but to understand its changing breath.

Village Elder, Larjung village

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