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, now in its third consecutive year, threatens water security for nearly two billion people. All twelve major river …
Four Himalayan nations facing the threat of weather changes have agreed to collaborate on ways to adapt to climate change after a two-day summit in Bhutan. India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan were part of the Climate Summit for a Living Himalayas held in Bhutan's capital Thimphu on Saturday. They agreed …
GUWAHATI: The country’s North Eastern region is rich in medicinal plants, but indiscriminate and unscientific collection is forcing many of the species into the verge of extinction, say experts. This matter was raised in a recent seminar organised by the apex funding institution of the region, the North Eastern Development …
Climate Change Of late, farmer Rinchen of Semtokha is seeing some strange behaviour in her garden. When trees in her garden at this time of the year shed leaves, a few apple trees have flowered again; and a plum tree is bearing fruit for the second time. The banana plants …
The country’s north eastern region is rich in medicinal plants, but indiscriminate and unscientific collection is forcing many of the species into the verge of extinction, according to experts. This matter was raised in a recent seminar organised by the apex funding institution of the region, the North Eastern Development …
Guwahati: As the autumn has set the stage for the winter to rule the atmosphere in the picturesque North East India’s hills and valleys, enchanting destinations in the region are ready to welcome visitors in the coming tourists’ season. While the rhino abode in Kaziranga National Park (KNP) was thrown …
This report contains abstracts of posters presented at the 15th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 7-11 November 2011, Montreal, Canada.
In this report, the determinants of economic poverty in mountain areas are analysed using nationally representative livelihood data at the household level. Economic poverty has a central position, because it is perceived to be at the very core of the poverty definition: the inability to fulfil basic needs. Other poverty …
International Rivers has created a state-of-the-art Google Earth 3-D tour and video narrated by Nigerian activist Nnimmo Bassey, Chair of Friends of the Earth International and winner of the prestigious Right Livelihood Award. The production was launched at COP17 in Durban. The tour illustrates how melting glaciers in the Himalayas …
Snow is an important component of the cryosphere, and the study of snow trends is essential for understanding regional climate change and for managing water resources. Changes in the snow budget have socioeconomic and environmental implications for agriculture, water-based industries, environment, land management, water supplies, and many others. To date, …
Talks of Himalayan glaciers melting fast which will adversely affect major rivers like Brahmaptura has come to be true, but this time this has been confirmed in China which is building a mega dam to control flow of the river. Qin Dahe, the former head of the China Meteorological Administration, …
An environmental group is asking the Nepal government to consider installing portable toilets on Mount Everest for climbers caught short at the roof of the world. Eco Himal says the thousands of trekkers who set off from the South Base Camp in Nepal each year would do a better job …
SRINAGAR: Minister for Forests and Environment Mian Altaf Ahmad today stressed the need for preservation of forest wealth which is must for environment and ecology. The Minister was addressing at a function after inaugurating two-day national seminar on Himalayan resources, issues, challenges and management strategies at Kashmir University Srinagar. The …
The recent 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Sikkim, which claimed more than 100 lives, was different from most temblors that had rocked the Himalayan region. It did not occur on the well-known thrust faults formed due to under-thrusting of the Indian plate below the Eurasian plate as in 95 per cent of …
Programme organised by IOB and NABARD Twenty progressive farmers from Thanjavur, Ariyalur, Tiruvarur and Cuddalore districts participated in a training on fresh water carp farming and ornamental fish culture here recently. The programme was organised by the Indian Overseas Bank, and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). The …
Should there be a financial cost to the services provided by mountain ecosystems? Experts gathered under the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) believe any “financial valuation” of the huge contributions made by mountain communities in areas of water, forestry, mining and generation of hydro and wind-power must benefit …
Advocating to follow Gandhiji’s message for Sustainability of Himalayas, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Friday said pressure of population and exploitation of natural resources are extracting a heavy toll on the mountain range. She said such increasing pressures on the fragile eco-system need to be checked with proper governance. She …
Minister of Environment & Forests, Smt Jayanthi Natarajan inaugurated the one-day workshop 'Challenges in Climate Change Resilience and Adaptation - Potential for Collaboration between ICIMOD and India' on the occasion of first ever ICIMOD-India Day celebration today in New Delhi on 30th September 2011. The workshop was jointly organised by …
There is an enormous potential for exploiting hydroelectric power in Himachal Pradesh, but implementation needs political and administrative support NATURE has compensated hill states with vast hydropower potential in lieu of the sound agricultural system that is available in the plains. If Arabs have oil, Himalayan states in India have …
Rescuers on Thursday finally reached some of the villages in India's remote northeast that were cut off by a powerful earthquake that rattled the Himalayan region last weekend, as the death toll in the disaster climbed past 100. An Indian villager and a child, evacuated by helicopter from Chungthang, de-board …
India’s densely populated cities with poorly designed buildings makes 68 per cent of our urban population vulnerable to earthquakes. “There are 344 towns which fall in the Zone 5 category (high risk category) making them amongst the most damage prone cities in the planet,” pointed out Shashidhar Reddy, vice-chairman of …
