Mountains with special reference to tribal India

Mountains with special reference to tribal India
Alok Chantia
Keywords – Mountain, tribe, population density, acculturation.
Abstract
Mountains provide the complete picture of the earth. Mountains are the balance pat of the
earth but this was true up to controlled population. In Indian context, the mountains are
the victims of huge population, especially tribal population. 467 tribal groups are living
across the country and 50% tribal groups are living on different mountains. Acculturation
is making their way of living modern, which is creating an imbalance of the ecosystem.
Shifting cultivation is a great curse for the mountains and in India 80 tribal groups are
engaged in this cultivation. This is decreasing the bio-diversity of the mountains. in my
proposed paper, the environment of the mountains will be discussed in the light of the
shifting cultivation among the tribal, which is the main cause of the disturbance of biodiversity.