China’s Brahmaputra dam: Trans-boundary water governance in South Asia needs a rethink

As Beijing announces construction of a super dam on the Yarlung Zangbo, it is time to reconsider the fluvial landscape approach to river basin …

The link between climate change and the snow leopard

Climate change will shrink the habitat of this apex alpine predator; the key is to spread the word about its plight and get governments acting …

Tibetan snow lion is a symbol of political authority: Jamyang Norbu

Tibetan political activist and writer delves into history to talk about mythical creature’s origins

Ancient DNA is revealing the genetic landscape of people who first settled East Asia

It has shown rapid shifts in ancestry over the last 10,000 years across Asia, likely due to migration and cultural exchange

‘African swine fever may have come to Arunachal Pradesh, Assam from Tibet’

Swaraj Rajkhowa, acting director of ICAR-National Research Centre on Pig, Guwahati, speaks to DTE on African swine fever and pork meat ban …

तिब्बती हिरणों ने ऊंचे पहाड़ों में जीवित रहने के लिए विकसित किया अनूठा तरीका

1990 के दशक में अवैध शिकार के कारण तिब्बती हिरण लुप्तप्राय श्रेणी में आ गए थे, लेकिन आज इनकी संख्या में अच्छी- खासी वृद्धि ...

Himalayan ‘gold rush’: Growing livelihood reliance on lucrative and vulnerable trade

Trading in caterpillar fungus has bolstered livelihood in western Himalayas but also raised worries of exploitation

Palm fossils suggest Tibet had high mountains and deep valleys

A new study has suggested that Tibet may not have been a plateau all the time and perhaps had high mountains and deep valleys

As black-necked cranes return to Tawang, expert says awareness key for survival

Sacred to Tibetan Buddhists, the black-necked crane faces a variety of threats in its only wintering retreat in India

New study adds to calls for formal recognition of Himalayan wolf

The research, conducted by British and Nepalese researchers, confirms that the proposed Himalayan wolf is an ancient wolf lineage, has developed …

हिरोशिमा के रेडियोधर्मी तत्‍व में मिले हिमालयी भूकंपों से जुड़े संकेत

पूर्वी हिमालय के अगले हिस्‍से में वर्ष 1950 में आए 8.6 रिक्‍टर की तीव्रता वाले इस भूकंप को असम-तिब्‍बत भूकंप के नाम से जाना ...

Meet the villagers who protect biodiversity on the top of the world

On the Tibetan plateau, the village of Yunta shows that animals and humans can live peacefully and care for each other

Slow drowning of Tibetan grasslands fenced in by Beijing

Drastic changes are being set-off in the sensitive Tibetan region, but climate change is not the only culprit 

'UN must take urgent climate action for Tibet'

Tibetans hold climate march in Delhi to raise awareness about unchecked mining and dams in Tibet which are resulting in ecological devastation of …

WWF report sounds alarm over China's state of biodiversity

Notes that country’s terrestrial vertebrates have declined by half

Sikkim earthquake was unusual for Himalaya

It occurred due to sliding, not thrust motion

Science and Technology - Briefs

Chinese hydropower dam on Brahmaputra becomes partly operational in Tibet

Commissioning of dam bound to raise alarm bells downstream in India’s Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Bangladesh

China debunks greens

China recently released a policy document debunking environmentalists' accusations that it was exploiting the Himalayan region for the benefit of …

The great Himalayan flood

Geological evidence points to a historic inundation

CHIRU IN TROUBLE

LHASA

ECOLOGICAL THREAT

Bird flu in Tibet, Kazakhstan

India sounds caution; nations building drug stockpile

Ozone hole over Tibet

Claims Chinese study