Environment

Pollution May Hit Himalayan Monsoon Clouds - Study

Higher levels of pollution in Asia may affect the formation of clouds high in the Himalayas, perhaps disrupting monsoons and speeding a thaw of glaciers, according to a study on Monday.

Publication Date: 
14/10/2008
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Pollution, Himalaya, Monsoons, Asia, France

 Himalayan blunder

Dam makers rake in the moolah irrespective of the amount of electricity projects generate TWO issues back this magazine had done a detailed analysis of the wind energy sector in the country. We told you how wind turbines were being installed in increasing numbers, but performed at a dismal level and generated electricity far lesser than their potential. The policy gave incentive only to

Publication Date: 
14/09/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Himalaya, Dams, Sedimentation, Hydroelectricity, Energy, Hydrology, India
Biodiversity

 Dense reasoning

Are the Himalayan forests receding or expanding?

Publication Date: 
14/08/2006
Kirtiman Awasthi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forests, Himalaya, Biodiversity
Environment
G B Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development
Environment, Biodiversity Conservation, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Sustainable Development, Himalaya
India

 Saved!

The endangered cheer, a pheasant found only in a few pockets in the western Himalaya, has been successfully reared in captivity for the first time in India. Lalit Mohan, a zoologist cum forester in

Publication Date: 
29/11/2003
Down to Earth
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Himalaya, Endangered Species, Wildlife, India
Forests

 Where are the <i>tapovans</i>?

Both India and China are ancient civilisations possessing characteristic indigenous knowledge of conservation of natural ecosystems. The Chinese have recognised the potential of traditional knowledge and regard religious forests as an asset and an importa

Publication Date: 
14/02/2003
Paromita Ghosh
Down to Earth
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Ecosystems, Forests, Land Degradation, Himalaya, Traditional Knowledge, Sacred Groves, Religious Beliefs, Medicinal Plants, Biodiversity, China, India
Natural Disasters

 Future shocks

Devastating earthquakes are waiting to strike India

Publication Date: 
29/09/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Himalaya, Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Disaster Preparedness, Research, Bangladesh, India
India

  Biopirates in the dragnet

Air pollution levels rise drastically in Asia; push health costs

Publication Date: 
29/09/2001
A B S V Prasada Rao, A Biju
Down to Earth
Tags:
Himalaya, Insects, Wildlife Act 1972, National Parks, Wildlife Trade, Biodiversity, Legislation, China, Russia, India, Sikkim
India

 Bioprates in the dragnet

Illegal smuggling of insects from the Himalaya comes into focus with the arrest of two Russians in Sikkim

Publication Date: 
29/09/2001
Kushal P S Yadav
Down to Earth
Tags:
Himalaya, Insects, Wildlife Act 1972, National Parks, Wildlife Trade, Biodiversity, Legislation, China, Russia, India, Sikkim
Biodiversity

 Protecting biodiversity

the g b Pant Institute for Himalayan Biodiversity and Development at Kosi-Katarmal, near Almora, Uttaranchal, had recently organised a three-day national workshop to define a action plan for

Publication Date: 
14/12/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Himalaya, Flora, Fauna, Biodiversity, Sustainable Development

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