Himalaya

Status of gender, vulnerabilities and adaptation to climate change in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: impacts and implications for livelihoods, and sustainable mountain development

The overarching recognition in all the literature is that climate change will have huge and largely detrimental impacts on vulnerable communities, and that gender will be a defining feature in shaping individuals’ experiences of adverse circumstances.

Publication Date:

01/04/2017

Author(s): Chanda Gurung Goodrich, Manjari Mehta, Suman Bisht

Source: ICIMOD

Tags:

Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Agriculture, Food Security, Women, Himalaya, India, Migration, Urbanisation

Environment

Order of the Uttarakhand High Court regarding glaciers, rivers, streams, forests, grasslands having the status of a legal person (living entity) in the State of Uttarakhand, 30/03/2017

Uttarakhand High Court on March 30, 2017 declared all the glaciers, including Gangotri and Yamunotri, rivers, streams, rivulets, lakes, air, meadows, dales, jungles, forests wetlands, grasslands, springs and waterfalls as living entities.

Judgement Date:

30/03/2017

Tags:

Glaciers, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), High Court, Water Resources, Forests, Grasslands, Himalaya, Glacial Melt, Rivers, Government Of India (GOI), Yamuna, Ganga

Climate Change

'India's temperature rose by 0.60 degree over last 110 years'

India's temperature has risen by nearly 0.60 degree celsius over the last 110 years and extreme events like heat waves have increased in the last 30 years, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.

Publication Date:

28/03/2017

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

India, Global Warming, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), IPCC, Ecosystems, Himalaya, Climate Change

Climate Change

Can’t only blame global warming for Himalayan glaciers’ faster retreat: Government

ISRO has monitored the advance and retreat of 2,018 glaciers across the Himalayan region using satellite data from 2000-01 to 2010-11.

Publication Date:

15/03/2017

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Climate Change, Global Warming, Himalaya, Glacial Melt, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Natural Disasters

Prominent precursory signatures observed in soil and water radon data at multi-parametric geophysical observatory, Ghuttu for Mw 7.8 Nepal earthquake

In this communication, we report observation of anomalous radon gas emission measured in a borehole at India’s first multi-parametric geophysical observatory (MPGO) located at Ghuttu, Garhwal Himalaya, established by the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), Dehradun.

Original Source

Publication Date:

10/03/2017

Author(s): Naresh Kumar, Vishal Chauhan, S. Dhamodharan & et al

Source: Current Science

Vol:

112

Issue:

5

pp:

907-909

Tags:

Earthquakes, Nepal, South Asia, Natural Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Himalaya

Climate Change

Vulnerability of Indian agriculture to climate change: A study of the Himalayan region state

Climate variability and changes are the emerging challenges for Indian agriculture with the growing population to ensure national food security. A study was conducted to assess the Climatic Change effects in medium to low altitude areas of the Himalayan region causing changes in land use and cereal crop productivity with the various climatic parameters. The rainfall and temperature changes from 1951 to 2013 were studied at four locations of varying altitudes, namely Hardwar, Rudra Prayag, Uttar Kashi and Tehri Garwal.

Publication Date:

01/03/2017

Author(s): Rajendra Kumar Isaac, Monisha Isaac

Source: International Journal of Biological Biomolecular Agricultural Food and Biotechnological Engineering

Vol:

11

Issue:

3

pp:

207-213

Tags:

Climate Change, Agriculture, Climate Impacts, Himalaya, Land Use, Climate Mitigation, Tehri Garhwal, Rudraprayag (D), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Haridwar (D), Uttarkashi (D)

Climate Change

Gangotri glacier’s rate of receding slows, but base thinning: Experts

Gangotri glacier’s rate of receding slows, but base thinning: Experts Development (GBPNIHESD) who conducted a study of the glacier located in Uttarkashi from 2008 till 2016.

Publication Date:

24/02/2017

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Climate Change, Uttarkashi (D), Glacial Melt, Global Warming, Himalaya, Climate Impacts

Environment

उत्तराखंड में एक अप्रैल से 'सुरक्षित हिमालय'

पर्यावरण, वन एवं जलवायु मंत्रालय और संयुक्त राष्ट्र विकास कार्यक्रम (यूएनडीपी) के तत्वावधान में इन क्षेत्रों में एक अप्रैल से 'सुरक्षित हिमालय' परियोजना की शुरुआत की जा रही है।

Publication Date:

20/02/2017

Source: Dainik Jagran (New Delhi)

Tags:

Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Himalaya, Biodiversity, UNDP, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Wildlife, Forests, Environment

Climate Change