Forests

Transforming Mountain forestry in the Hindu Kush Himalayas: toward a third-generation forest management paradigm

A five-day international symposium on ‘Transforming Mountain Forestry’ was held in Dehradun, India from 18 to 22 January 2015 to explore options for sustainable forest management practices and policies that address the changing conditions in the Hindu Kush Himalayas (HKH). The symposium was jointly organized by India’s Ministry of

Publication Date: 
01/11/2015
Rajan Kotru, Brij Mohan Singh Rathore, Nawraj Pradhan, & et al
ICIMOD
Tags:
Forest Management, Ecosystem Services, Forests, Himalaya, Climate Change, Biodiversity, People - Animal Conflicts, Forest Fires, Forest Policy, REDD, India, South Asia
Health

Environmental enteropathy, oral vaccine failure and growth faltering in Infants in Bangladesh

Environmental enteropathy (EE) is a subclinical enteric condition found in low-income countries that is characterized by intestinal inflammation, reduced intestinal absorption, and gut barrier dysfunction. The researchers aimed to assess if EE impairs the success of oral polio and rotavirus vaccines in infants in Bangladesh. 

Original Source

Publication Date: 
01/11/2015
Caitlin Naylor, Miao Lu, Rashidul Haque & et al
EBioMedicine
2
11
1759–1766
Tags:
Malnutrition, Bangladesh, South Asia, Child Health, Poverty, Sanitation, Developing Countries, Polio, Drugs, Health Effects, Slums, Dhaka, Vaccination
Health

Tuberculosis replaces HIV/AIDS as most infectious

Tuberculosis has replaced HIV/AIDS as the world’s most deadly infectious disease, the World Health Organisation has revealed.

Publication Date: 
29/10/2015
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Tuberculosis (TB), AIDS, Infectious Diseases, Health Effects, WHO, Global, South Asia, Health
Natural Disasters

Death toll nears 400 as rescuers scramble to reach remote quake-hit parts of Pakistan, Afghanistan

MINGORA, PAKISTAN – As the death toll in the massive earthquake that struck the remote Hindu Kush mountains soared above 300, officials on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistan border warned on Tuesday

Publication Date: 
28/10/2015
Japan Times (Japan)
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Disaster Management, South Asia
Natural Disasters

Taliban encourage Afghan quake relief as toll rises past 300

The Taliban encouraged aid groups to help victims of the massive earthquake in northern Afghanistan and Pakistan as rescuers struggled to form a clear picture of the damage caused by the disaster a

Publication Date: 
28/10/2015
Reuters
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Disaster Management, Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia
Natural Disasters

Big quake in Afghanistan and Pakistan kills over 200

A major earthquake struck the remote Afghan northeast on Monday, killing more than 200 people in Afghanistan and nearby northern Pakistan, injuring hundreds and sending shock waves as far as New De

Publication Date: 
27/10/2015
Reuters
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia
Natural Disasters

Landslides leave thousands stranded in northern Pakistan

Landslides in mountainous northern Pakistan caused by unseasonably heavy rain and snow have left thousands of tourists stranded, officials said on Monday, while record October rainfall hit the capi

Publication Date: 
27/10/2015
Reuters
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Landslides, Rainfall, Pakistan, South Asia
Climate Change

Repeated glacial lake outburst flood threatening the oldest Buddhist monastery in north-western Nepal

Since 2004, Halji village, home of the oldest Buddhist Monastery in north-western Nepal, has suffered from recurrent glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs). A sudden englacial drainage of a supraglacial lake, located at a distance of 6.5 km from the village, was identified as the source of the flood. The topography of the lake basin was mapped by combining differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) measurements with a structure-from-motion (SFM) approach using terrestrial photographs.

Publication Date: 
26/10/2015
J. Kropácek, N. Neckel, B. Tyrna & et al
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
15
2425–2437
Tags:
Glacial Melt, Nepal, South Asia, Climate Change, Himalaya, Monuments, Floods, Natural Disasters, Remote Sensing
Natural Disasters

At least 53 dead after strong quake hits Afghanistan, Pakistan

A powerful earthquake struck a remote area of northeastern Afghanistan on Monday, shaking the capital Kabul and killing at least 17 people while 36 were killed in neighbouring Pakistan, officials s

Publication Date: 
26/10/2015
Reuters
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, South Asia
Climate Change

Pakistan facing climate 'calamity' if warnings go unheeded

Karachi, 2050: The sprawling megacity lies crumbling, desiccated by another deadly heatwave, its millions of inhabitants suffering life-threatening water shortages and unable to buy bread that has

Publication Date: 
20/10/2015
Daily Mail (United Kingdom)
Tags:
Climate Change, Pakistan, Global Warming, Heat Waves, Water Supply, Floods, Displacement, Extreme Weather Events, South Asia

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