Ladakh is the one region in India where sustainable development is the only way ahead. Dry toilets, water efficient crops, cooperative farming, a democratic society and living in harmony with nature are not ideals here; they are a prerequisite
National boundaries can serve as links rather than instruments of division so expounds this book. Cooperation between nations, it says, is the key to conservation of shared natural and cultural heritage.
In 2002, the Survey of India began a year long programme which celebrated 200 years of the Great Trigonometrical Survey, a mammoth cross country exercise the colonial government undertook in the nineteenth century to map the terrain of the then Indian s
The unique assemblages of flora and fauna in the Himalayan region make it one of the most important biodiversity hotspots on the Indian subcontinent. Seventy-five protected areas (PAs) encompassing 9.48% of the region have been created to conserve this biodiversity and the fragile Himalayan landscape.
Nepal s native honeybees are an acknowledged vital cog in maintaining the region s biodiversity, as they naturally pollinate an assortment of local plants. Their traditional contributions of honey and wax have for long enriched the livelihoods of secluded