Rich description, poor analysis

ECOLOGY OF THE MOUNTAIN WATERS Edited by S D Bhatt and R K Pande Publisher: Ashish Publishing House, Delhi Price: Rs 400

SAVING HABITAT

Uphill task?

Sewage treatment plants in Mahabaleshwar, Panchgani

NASA goofs up

Photo>> Everest • US/Nepal

Scholars focus on degradation of mountains

The State Of The World's Mountains -- A Global Report Edited by Peter B Stone Publisher: Zed Books Limited, London Price : Not Stated

JAPAN

The gold diggers

Moving mountains

MOUNTAINS OF THE WORLD — A GLOBAL PRIORITY·edited by B Messerli and J D Ives· published by the Parthenon Publishing Group, UK&…

Clearing the trash

Climate has its say

Land formation does not get to decide biodiversity alone  

Of mountains & ozone holes

When poets wrote for Down To Earth

Trends in high places

Traditional timber-and-slate houses vs a neo-concrete nightmare in a Himachal village

Mountain biodiversity tops Montreal meet agenda

The entire gamut of activities that threaten ecosystems in the mountain regions dominated discussions at the meeting of the scientific advisory …

News snippets

Mystery of underwater hill formation solved

Imbalances need to be improved

Egbert Pelinck , director general, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, spoke to Prakash Khanal on …

Mounting problem

Human activities are degrading mountain ranges worldwide

Slushy development

Twentieth century was Pakistan's wettest

African mountains are feeling the heat of climate change

Changing patterns of snowfall have big implications for mountain heat budgets

Flash floods are man-made

Environmental geologist K S Valdiya lives in Uttarakhand and keeps a tab on the changing geological processes in the Himalayan region. He was …

TANZANIA

A political mountain to climb: Why the Alps are such a commonly used metaphor in European thought

Fascists used the Alps as grounds on which to improve the health of the nation

Himalayan plunder: Stop excessive, aggressive development

Incidents such as Joshimath subsidence will continue to occur if policy approaches do not change

Forests feel the heat

Photosynthetic rate of forests in high elevation areas across the world has been falling since 1990s

Simply Put: Warming hills