Internal Migration in Bhutan

Gosai, Mayur A.; Sulewski, Leanne

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-44010-7_12

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“…Bhutanese farmers generally practice subsistence agricultural farming, with small land holdings [45], through the tradition of household labor exchange [46]. In recent years, limited agricultural production has been challenged by farm labor shortages, resulting from rural to urban migration [8,47], and climate change, through changes in monsoon patterns [48,49]. In addition to these challenges, crop damage by wild animals is a major challenge to Bhutanese farmers because of the strong nature conservation policy, which prohibits hunting wild animals [50], and the acute dependence of rural households on farming [51].…”

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Exploring Human–Wildlife Conflict and Implications for Food Self-Sufficiency in Bhutan

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The conflict between humans and wildlife is a global issue in the increasingly shared landscape. Human–Wildlife Conflict (HWC) is often viewed as a threat to most of the rural populace of the world, as crop losses to wildlife remove the household’s food supply, and are an economic drain on the homestead. In this paper, we study the extent of crop damage by wild animals in two districts of Bhutan: Trashiyangtse and Tsirang. We surveyed 431 respondents from the two districts and interviewed 40 central and local government officials and residents. The vast majority of respondents from both study districts (Trashiyangtse = 98.7%; Tsirang = 92.2%) reported having experienced conflicts with wild animals from 2017 to 2019. On average, respondents’ households lost over half a month to more than a month’s worth of household food requirements, with some households claiming to have lost over six months’ worth of household food requirements, annually to wild animals. The loss of crops to wild animals removes households’ food supply and discourages farming, resulting in increased fallow lands. The fallow lands which are close to human settlements, then become habitats for wild animals, aggravating the incidence of HWC, and as such are directly linked to reduced food production.

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Exploring Human–Wildlife Conflict and Implications for Food Self-Sufficiency in Bhutan

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Internal and Forced Migration and Economic Development in South Asia

Chowdhury

Wadood

2023

IMISCOE Research Series

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This chapter looks at the current human migration scenario of all the eight South Asian countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) by country, origin and destination through the analysis of available data and recent publications. The aim is to provide a description of internal migration, the role of human migration in economic development and also of forced migration. Following this aim the chapter first looks at the incidence of internal migration inside the countries of South Asia. The chapter then addresses the issue of migration and development in South Asia. The penultimate section covers forced or involuntary migration and specifically addresses occurrences of forced migration in South Asia. The chapter concludes with some observations.

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Attraction and Detraction: Migration Drivers in Bhutan

Gosai

Sulewski

2023

IMISCOE Research Series

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While migration in Bhutan has often been characterized as predominantly rural-urban movement, the 2017 Population and Housing Census of Bhutan (PHCB) recently recognized rural-rural movement as the second largest migration trend in the country. With the census identifying family and employment moves as the two largest motivators for migration within the country, where are migrants most likely to migrate to in order to find opportunities? Obvious hubs of employment are the capital city of Thimphu, as the seat of government, and Paro, with the nation’s only international airport, both located in the more populous western part of the country. Other employment opportunities stem from the nation’s rich natural resources and the harnessing of those natural resources. The census in 2017 combined with variety of data sources is examined to identify some rationale in migration patterns. This research will seek to identify these migration drivers, as well as to identify the less obvious migration drivers throughout the country and their spatial patterns to help account for the nuanced migration patterns in this geographically diverse country.

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Internal Migration in Bhutan

Cited by 5 publications

References 8 publications

Exploring Human–Wildlife Conflict and Implications for Food Self-Sufficiency in Bhutan

Exploring Human–Wildlife Conflict and Implications for Food Self-Sufficiency in Bhutan

Internal and Forced Migration and Economic Development in South Asia

Attraction and Detraction: Migration Drivers in Bhutan

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