India

 Boom

Problem: Terrain forbids sprawl as in cities in the plains; Status: Alarming population density people per sq km ; Challenge: Policy question is: decongest, but how?

Publication Date: 
29/09/2004
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Ecotourism, Mountains, Nilgiri, North East, Western Ghats, Water Resources, Ooty, Development, Landslides, Sanitation, Waste Disposal, Tourism, Panchayats, India, Himachal Pradesh
Natural Disasters

Debris danger

Rubble from the landslide that occurred 10 months ago on the Varunavat mountain in Uttarkashi threatens to swamp the town during this monsoon.

Debris on the slope of the crumbling Varunavat mountain. Uttarkashi town is seen at the foothills.

Publication Date: 
13/08/2004
Purnima S. Tripathi
Frontline (Chennai)
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Mountains, Landslides, Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), Geological Survey Of India (GSI), Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Uttarkashi (T)
Mining

 Mapping the subcontinent

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

Publication Date: 
30/08/2003
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Mountains, Himalaya, Science, Information
Wildlife

Conflict in Paradise: Women and Protected Areas in the Indian Himalayas

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.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2003
Ruchi Badola, S. A. Hussain
Mountain Research and Development
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Ecotourism, Mountains, Himalaya, Forest Resources, Biomass, Women, Conflicts, Wildlife, Protected Area Conservation, Great Himalayan NP, Binsar SA, Biodiversity Conservation
India

  The ice

That s what Antarctica is called

Publication Date: 
29/06/2003
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Ecosystems, Mountains, Soil Resources, Soil Science, Glaciers, Atmosphere, Ozone Layer, Finance, Physical Science, Geology, Technology, Research, Scientists, Antarctica, India, Climate
India

 One hot day in June

India woke up to a phone call

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29/06/2003
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Ecosystems, Mountains, Soil Resources, Soil Science, Glaciers, Atmosphere, Ozone Layer, Finance, Physical Science, Geology, Technology, Research, Scientists, Antarctica, India, Climate
India

 More like a ritual

So much for scope and research scale

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29/06/2003
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Ecosystems, Mountains, Soil Resources, Soil Science, Glaciers, Atmosphere, Ozone Layer, Finance, Physical Science, Geology, Technology, Research, Scientists, Antarctica, India, Climate
India

 Geopolitics

By another name?

Publication Date: 
29/06/2003
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Ecosystems, Mountains, Soil Resources, Soil Science, Glaciers, Atmosphere, Ozone Layer, Finance, Physical Science, Geology, Technology, Research, Scientists, Antarctica, India, Climate
India

 The cold rush

What has India got to show after 20 years on the Antarctica research bandwagon? Lack of focus

Publication Date: 
29/06/2003
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Ecosystems, Mountains, Soil Resources, Soil Science, Glaciers, Atmosphere, Ozone Layer, Finance, Physical Science, Geology, Technology, Research, Scientists, Antarctica, India, Climate
Climate Change

 Weathering the change

Climate Variability, Extreme Events and Agricultural Productivity in Mountain Regions

Publication Date: 
30/01/2003
Down to Earth
Tags:
Mountains, Agriculture, Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol

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