Biodiversity
Climate change hits Northeast bamboo crop
Posted on 15 Dec, 2013 09:18 PMClimate change affects bamboo production in the Northeast
South Delhi gets 'smoked'
Posted on 15 Dec, 2013 09:17 PMBlue facades line the Sukhdev Vihar colony in South Delhi, considered plush by Delhi standards. They are in place to shield houses from layers of soot that would otherwise settle on their walls and grills. Soot from a power plant that began operations almost two years ago.
Migratory birds return to Sultanpur lake
Posted on 09 Dec, 2013 07:00 AMAt Sultanpur, migratory birds visit an artificial lake
Drilling the hills to devastation
Posted on 08 Dec, 2013 10:50 PMClear blue skies, natural springs and glacial peaks-tranquility. Falling stones, landslides and debris-chaos! Kinnaur, located on the northeastern side of Himachal Pradesh, lets you experience both. It falls in seismic zones IV and V, which means it runs the the risk of damaging and destructive earthquakes.
Are there greener pastures for pastoralists?
Posted on 01 Dec, 2013 08:34 PMPastoralist communities are those that depend primarily on livestock (domesticated animals in an agricultural setting) for their living. India has the world’s highest livestock population with 440 million livestock heads distributed over 100 million households (1) but in recent years, pastoralists have been facing threats to their way of life.
Development or displacement?
Posted on 01 Dec, 2013 08:30 PMSukal Singh is 50 years old and is the only earning person of his five-member family. Suresh Barman works as a labourer supporting a 13-member family. Bhagirat and Gorelal Bhavedi are rickshaw-pullers supporting a 7-member family each.
Think like a forest
Posted on 01 Dec, 2013 08:28 PMHimalayan forests span a two-and-a-half thousand kilometer stretch and have a wide range of climates; they are beset by problems that need innovative solutions. Rajesh Thadani discussed these problems and possible solutions at the Sustainable Mountain Development Summit organised in Kohima, September 2013.
Forest cover is declining
Their world is hot, flat and crowded
Posted on 24 Nov, 2013 11:16 AMMountain farmers are facing a very volatile situation right now. Food crops are being replaced by cash crops, which return better dividends. Due to this, their overall economy has gotten much better. As a whole, more of them are migrating from rural to urban areas.
Money alone won't do for the mountain states
Posted on 24 Nov, 2013 11:14 AMCan we really address the special needs of mountain states by allocating them more money? Isn't it essential that we leave the 'one size fits all' approach and recognise the exclusive challenges and opportunities which mountain farmers face as compared to farmers in the plains?