HKS Snow Update 2025
<p>The HKH Snow Update 2025 highlights a significant decline in seasonal snow across the Hindu Kush Himalaya region, with snow persistence 23.6% below normal — the lowest in 23 years. This trend,
Himalaya
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An uphill task
How do you define and measure sustainable development? A host of non governmental organisations led by the Switzerland based World Conservation Union are trying to evolve a new approach to do just that
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UNITED NATIONS
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has proposed a us $25 million-plan to set up a chain of small hydel units in the Indian Himalayas in a bid to wean the local population away from their
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Butterflies endangered
Illegal trade in rare butterflies continues but is yet to be acknowledged by the government
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Himalayan plunder
Tourism has wreaked havoc on Sikkim s natural resources
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SETTING THEM FREE
Two black Himalayan bears that were caught in traps in Bhutan's Begana and Yoesipang region were released into the forest by team of forestry officials. Officials said that a small male bear which
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We have not been good listeners
The G B Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development in Almora, Uttar Pradesh, is among the few in the world that concentrate on issues related to mountains. Its director, <font class='UCASE'>L M S Palni</font> , dwelt on the need to develop s
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With warm regrets
Global warming is causing glaciers on the Himalaya to melt into natural lakes. This threatens the lives of indigenous people and animals
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Hilly woes
Darjeeling s Tiger Hill whines under ecological pressure
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Transient truths
GIVEN the almost explosive interest in and proliferation of environment-related documentaries in India in recent times, it is perhaps possible now to explore a defmition of the niche or slot itself.
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NATURE CARE
The Nepalese minister of forest and soil conservation, Rameshwor R Yadav, recently said that the government was committed towards protecting the Kanchenjunga region by AD 2000, as part of