Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)

Rajaji, a wood smugglers paradise?

Sandeep Rawat
Tribune News Service

Haridwar, June 8
The Rajaji National Park, which is known for its flora, fauna and wildlife, seems to have become a soft target for wood smugglers.

Going by the huge number of precious trees being logged, the park could be termed a wood smugglers

Publication Date:

09/06/2009

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Forests, Deforestation, Rajaji NP, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Haridwar (D)

Environment

Nature, markets, tourism: exploring tourism's claims to conservation in India

The compilation of briefing papers produced as part of the Life as Commerce Project by Equations in partnership with the Global Forest Coalition. Focuses on prevalence and impacts of ecotourism in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Publication Date:

01/06/2009

Author(s): Rosemary Viswanath, Syed Liyakhat

Source: Equations

Tags:

Environment, Kanha TR, Forest Management, Tribals, Women, Protected Area Conservation, Bandhavgarh NP, Achanakmar SA, Barnawapara SA, Tiger Reserves, Tourism, India, A & N Island, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Ecotourism

Forests

Soil nutrient storage under different forest types in a part of Central Himalayas, India

A study was conducted in different forests of districts of Rudraprayag and Pauri (Uttarakhand) in the Central Himalayas for determining the physical and chemical features of soil. The findings indicated that there was more accumulation of minerals in the undisturbed forests irrespective of disturbed forest type.

Publication Date:

01/06/2009

Author(s): D. P. Semwal, P. L. Uniyal, Y. M. Bahuguna & et al

Source: Annals of Forestry

Vol:

17

Issue:

1

pp:

43

Tags:

Forests, Soil Capability, Himalaya, Oak, Pine, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Pauri, Rudraprayag (D)

Environment

Soil and vegetation type studies in relation to parent material of Garhwal Himalayas, Uttarakhand

Soil and vegetation study in relation to parent material was conducted in the Mussoorie Forest Division, Uttarakhand.

Publication Date:

01/06/2009

Author(s): M. K. Gupta, A. K. Raina

Source: Annals of Forestry

Vol:

17

Issue:

1

pp:

71

Tags:

Environment, Soil Resources, Himalaya, Oak, Pine, Shisham, Biomass, Flora, Mussoorie, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Garhwal, Forests

Dams/ Irrigation

Why the marginalised protest: Environmental movements as a critique of dominant development discourse

The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of globalisation and its discontents at a macro level in terms of weakening of the sovereign nation-state, deregulation, liberalisation, privatisation and marketisation.

Publication Date:

01/06/2009

Author(s): Subhash Sharma

Source: Social Change

Vol:

39

Issue:

2

pp:

171

Tags:

Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Kosi, Dams/ Irrigation, Dams, Narmada Valley Project, Development, Displacement, Conflicts, Poverty, India, Bihar, Maharashtra, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)

Economy

Manmohan's second coming

This time, with reinforced backing, he needs to send out the right signals and take the right decisions

Publication Date:

31/05/2009

Author(s): Rakesh Joshi

Source: Business India (Mumbai)

Tags:

Agriculture, Food Supply, Poverty, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Politics, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)

Dams/ Irrigation

Uttarakhand stops L&T's Singoli-Bhatwari project

Shishir Prashant / Dehradun May 26, 2009, 1:21 IST
The Uttarakhand government has asked Larsen & Toubro (L&T) to stop work on its 99-Mw Singoli-Bhatwari hydel project in the hilly Rudraprayag district of the state.

Publication Date:

26/05/2009

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Hydroelectricity, Larsen & Toubro (L & T), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Rudraprayag (D)

Energy

All charged up

The financial closure of Reliance Power's Sasan project could be a precursor of things to come

Publication Date:

17/05/2009

Source: Business India (Mumbai)

Tags:

Power Industry, Delhi, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)

Environment

Making a difference: dossier on community engagement on nature based tourism in India

In 2008 through a collaborative project coordinated by African Safari Lodge (ASL) Foundation looking at community based efforts in nature based tourism, EQUATIONS got the opportunity to study three very interesting initiatives in India. While each have their unique contexts and histories and are on different stages of tourism development, they also have common features.

Publication Date:

14/05/2009

Source: Equations

Tags:

Ecotourism, Environment, Ladakh, Assam, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Tourism, Biodiversity, India

Climate Change

19,742 years off the mark

Global warming began in the 18th century glaciers, both in the northern and southern hemispheres, started melting in the mid-eighteenth century, triggered by climate change. Researchers from the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology in Dehradun tracked the age of lichens (a composite organisms formed by the association of fungi and algae) that develop on glacial moraines and came up with

Publication Date:

14/05/2009

Author(s): Archita Bhatta

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Himalaya, Glaciers, Climate Change, Climate Science, Global Warming, Glacial Melt, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)