Understanding and quantifying mountain tourism
While mountain tourism has become an increasingly relevant motivation for travel, data on its size and impact remains scarce, a new report from the UN agencies the Food and Agriculture Organization of
Mountains
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The cold rush
What has India got to show after 20 years on the Antarctica research bandwagon? Lack of focus
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Weathering the change
Climate Variability, Extreme Events and Agricultural Productivity in Mountain Regions
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Trends in high places
Traditional timber and slate houses vs a neo concrete nightmare in a Himachal village
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Ecotourism: Scrambling for paradise
Does tourism always have to be a threat to the environment? Not anymore, claim the promoters of the globally emerging industry of ecotourism. Socially responsible and ecologically sustainable tourism, which could at the same time be profitable for the com
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Local lessons
Taking climate change negotiations out of international discussion boards to the villages
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Clearing the trash
Mount Everest is the world's tallest mountain and the world's highest garbage dump. A four-nation Asian team will clear the 8,850-metre high peak of mounds of oxygen cylinders, plastic, food cans,
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Mounting problem
Human activities are degrading mountain ranges worldwide
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Manager Of Hope
DEWAN SINGH AGE 95 VILLAGE LATA He remembers accompanying the last expedition to Nanda Devi peak, the country's second highest peak, which falls within the Nanda Devi Biosphere reserve (NDBR).
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Shrouded in controversy
A mountaineering expedition into the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve revives the debate on ecotourism and people s rights over forests.
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Keep on the grass
Alpine pastures are thriving despite policies to encourage grazing. But Himalayan pastures languish despite strong conservationist policies