एक हिमालयी जिला, जो खो रहा है अपने लोग
दिसंबर के पहले हफ्ते में पलायन रोकने के लिए जब पौड़ी की सिफ़ारिश रिपोर्ट सामने आयी, तो पहाड़-वासियों के आंसू फिर छलक उठे।
'We could discover new bird species in the eastern Himalayas'
Trevor Price has been studying birds in India since 1972, investigating breeding biology and bird distributions, especially in the Himalayas. He …
Quantifying ecosystem value crucial for conservation, say experts
Experts gathered at the second international dialogue on Himalayan ecology spoke of valuing mountain ecosystems for their services
The Yeti quest
Daniel C Taylor explored the Himalayas extensively for 60 years only to discover that it is actually a bear
What determines height of mountains?
Height of the mountains stops increasing after crossing a threshold, influenced by erosion of the areas between mountains, finds the study
What are western disturbances?
Here's a prime on this wind that come from the west towards India
Book notice: Indigenous Honeybees of the Himalayas
Nepal's native honeybees are an acknowledged vital cog in maintaining the region's biodiversity, as they naturally pollinate an assortment of …
New council to ensure sustainable development of Himalayan region
Set up by the NITI Aayog, the council will work on five thematic areas significant for the Himalayas, including tourism, skills, shifting …
Water crisis in the Himalayas: story of urbanisation at the cost of environment
For four years, two academics and a photojournalist researched urbanisation in the Himalayas to bring out the deadly scams of human activities in …
A damp squib
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 …
High-yield, low agro-diversity
Green Revolution crops have also snuffed out farmers' wisdom in the Western Himalaya
When Shimla ran out of water, and tourists as well
Flowed east, flowing west
Changing course of Himalayan rivers passing through Punjab
Save the Himalayan Grey Langur
Restricted to a small part of Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba, the species is facing threats and apathy
तीन साल बाद मौसम अपने सामान्य चक्र में लौटा
इस बार किन्नौर, लाहौल-स्पीती, काजा, किलौंग, मनाली, रोहतांग में अच्छी बर्फबारी हुई है। यहां तक कि शिमला, कुल्लू और सोलन में बर्फ गिर गई
Mountains Matter: Are the Indian Himalayas tourism-sustainable?
The answer is no if the government’s own findings are considered
Rise after the fall
Sikkim, once the world's largest producer of large cardamom, is trying to regain its lost glory. Can it achieve the feat in the face of a …
Sending out a strong message to the Zero Hunger Generation
The main challenge now is to engage young people to sustainably eradicate hunger and poverty globally by 2030
Himalayan oak forests under threat
Forest degradation and climate change behind Uttarakhand floods, say local people
New method developed to map and monitor glacial lakes
The Object-Based Image Analysis method’s advantage is that it can help map even a glacial pond as small as 100 square metres with high precision
Himalayan wolves prey on as many as 39 species: Study
The study also found that more Himalayan wolves consumed a larger proportion of domestic than wild prey in areas that had regular livestock …
Half of glaciers in Satluj basin may disappear by 2050: Study
The Satluj basin has total of 2026 glaciers of different sizes totaling 1426 sq. kilometers area. Smaller glaciers will melt faster
How climate change-induced glacial melt affects people in the Himalayan region
Climate change-induced glacial melt can seriously affect half a billion people in the Himalayan region.If the warming trend continues, most …
Climate change affecting the flora and fauna of the high Himalayas: study
Research by the Wildlife Institute of India indicates that the upper reaches are warming, putting the very survival of plants, insects, birds, …
