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The Himalaya-Biodiversity Threats
It is easy to arrest a decline in Himalayan biodiversity, provided local communities are involved in the process. Efforts in the Himalayan region prove this beyond doubt.
R K Maikhuri L S Rawat Ajay Maletha N K Jha P C Phondani A K Jugran and Y M Bahuguna
Sundarban-Confrontation to Conservation
Human-animal conflict is often triggered by poverty and the need to access resources for survival. Such confrontation can be prevented by bringing in livelihood projects that help human population, an...
Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot in danger?
Home to a large number of endemic flora and fauna the Western Ghats is unique in many ways. However, climate change, overexploitation, and deforestation are playing havoc with its biodiversity.
Elephantine trouble
Elephants are today endangered due to fragmentation of habitat, reduction of forest cover, and the hostility of local communities to wildlife. A holistic approach to conservation is the best solution...
Monkey menace
Deforestation and habitat degradation have primarily contributed to monkeys moving into human settlements over the last few decades. Long-term scientific measures are the only solution to the monkey m...
Tourism Regulatory Framework
Although the Indian government has myriad schemes to promote tourism, there is no regulatory framework for the sector. If tourism is to be sustainable, with minimum impact on biodiversity and the envi...
Is Pulses Revolution a possibility?
The neglect of pulses saw them being relegated to marginal lands during the Green Revolution, even as rice and wheat production grew manifold. As India grapples with a demand-supply gap it is time, th...
Phytoliths: Aid to bio-sequestration
Increased carbon dioxide concentration in the environment is currently a major problem. Since nature has significantly occluded carbon by burying it into the soil for millions of years in the form of...
Durgesh Kumar Tripathi Ashutosh Tripathi Swati Singh D K Chauhan and N K Dubey
India’s Poverty Line: Changing Perspectives
Several expert committees have been constituted in the past for proposing a conceptual framework and empirical procedure for determining the poverty line. Yet, an acceptable methodology remains elusiv...
Challenges of Mining in India
India has the onerous distinction of having the highest taxation and royalty rates for the mining sector. This mars the overall competitive edge of mining firms.