not having suffered the mass-deforestation of other Himalayan countries. The Inner Himalaya is distinguished by its snow and ice clad peaks. These peaks border plateaus, and in turn form the ...
The Himalayas are an expansive mountain range that crosses five countries: Bhutan, India, Nepal, China, and Pakistan and is home to some of the planet's highest peaks, including Mount Everest.
In the 1970s, the leaders of Bhutan - a tiny Himalayan country of only 750,000 people - decided that "Gross National Happiness" was a more valuable measure than Gross Domestic Product. Since then ...