Traditions used for forest conservation
A school teacher posted at Gwaldam, one of the meeting-points of the Garhwal and Kumaon mountain ranges, claims to have found in traditional customs, means to overcome the growing apathy of the
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Flame of the forest
Fires char Garhwal, Kumaon: According to the six-member Union forest and environment ministry team which visited the sites of the recent fires in the Garhwal and Kumaon regions, burning of pine
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Forestmaker
A man who has done commendable work in afforestation remains hidden from the limelight
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Anaemia rampant in women in Bageshwar
A health camp conducted in Sama, 60 km north of Bageshwar in Uttaranchal in November, revealed that anaemia, chronic infections, gout, tuberculosis and rheumatoid arthritis are the common ailments
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Tea gardens to be cultivated in forest land
Tea gardens, once found in abundance in Garhwal and Kumaon, will be developed once again by the Uttaranchal Forest Department on forest land to provide hill people with
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Wildlife projects underway in Garhwal, Kumaon
Studies on the conservation status of high altitude forests in the Garhwal Himalayas and impact assessment of tourism in the Corbett Tiger Reserve in Kumaon hills are being conducted by the Wildlife
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Counting tigers
All species typical to the Corbett Tiger Reserve in the Kumaon hills of Uttaranchal are in good numbers in the reverse at present, it has been revealed by a recent animal census conducted by the
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Corbett park gears up to prevent fires
The management of the Corbett tiger reserve is taking all precautions to prevent forest fires raging in the forests of Kumaon from causing any major damage to the flora and fauna of the
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Landslips due to Uttarkashi quake
geologists: The sudden spate of landslips in the Kumaon and Garhwal hills of Uttar Pradesh is the results of tectonic changes induced into the region by the 1991 Uttarkashi earthquake, according to
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- Poaching hits U. P. hills' wildlife
Poaching, poisoning or trappings are taking a heavy toll of wildlife, including the tiger, which is fast dwindling in the Kumaon and Garhwal hills. If environment laws are not corrected immediately,
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Green wedding vows
A wedding ceremony is in progress in a village in the Kumaon hills. The priest is chanting shlokas and mantras while the groom plants a sapling and his bride waters it. The plant will be taken care
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10 firms in race for Uttaranchal project
Ten hospitality majors are in the race for the Hempur eco-destination project int he Ramnagar-Kashipur area of Uttaranchal. The project envisages green-field development of tourism hub in the Kumaon
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Uttaranchal farmers upset at upcoming tea estates
The Uttar Pradesh government in 1996 (now Uttaranchal) started an ambitious tea plantation programme, which was to be spread across 12,000 hectares (ha). It included a series of tea estates to aid
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Dying springs
SPRINGS in the Himalaya are drying up on a massive scale, says a detailed study of a 59,723ha catchment area in the Kumaon. The study conducted by geologists K S Valdiya and S K Bartarya of the
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Macrobenthos of Lake Naini Tal (U.P., India) with particular reference to pollution
The important attributes of macrobenthic community structure viz., species composition and number, population density, biomass, and dominance and diversity indices were measured at different depths and discussed in relation to pollution of Lake Naini Tal. The zone below 7 m depth, where anoxic conditions prevailed for most part of the year, showed complete absence of macrobenthos.
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Roasted and poached
Forest fires are a boon for poachers in Uttaranchal
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Soft quarries
If soil quarrying is a threat in the <i>terai</i>, mining poses huge hazards in the hills of Kumaon. Soapstone or talc and magnesite quarries have been taking over commons for over two decades, depriving local people of large tracts of the forestland, pasture, watersheds and farming land.<br>
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Solar power sees the light of day
In a longish room, young men and women are bent over large panels, preparing inverters which will be fitted into solar lamps. In a corner, Phansi, who is from Kumaon, conducts quality-checks on
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Ban NGO report on AIDS
The various political, social and religious groups of Kumaon region have called for a ban on a study titled "AIDS Aur Hum" published by a local NGO, SAHAYOG, and "expulsion" of its office-bearers
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Novel step to check tree felling
Women and social workers are drawing inspiration from their age-old traditions to check the depletion of precious forest wealth in the Garhwal and Kumaon Hills of Uttar Pradesh. Garhwal womenfolk,