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Green Developmentalism? The Political Economy of Hydropower in India in the 21st Century
Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article critically examines the political economy of hydropower in India since its global reconfiguration as ‘green energy’ in the early 2000s. While an opportune convergence of interests among key global, national and subnational stakeholders contributed to the greening of hydropower in India, this reframing did not produce the expected ...
Vasudha Chhotray, Harsh Vasani
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Collective action for forest conservation: Does heterogeneity matter? [PDF]
Community management of forests by Van Panchayats (forest councils) to meet local needs has a long history in the Indian Central Himalayas. This essay examines the effects of village-level heterogeneity in caste and land ownership, and of female ...
E. Somanathan, B.S. Mehta, R. Prabhakar
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Anthropogenic Impacts in the Himalayas and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The world leaders and policy makers globally agree on fighting against to the climate change for sustainability of living conditions for people. The rapid continuation of climate change is mostly a result of human activities nowadays.
Bostancı, Seda H. +2 more
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Gender Justice in the Triple Planetary Crisis: A Scoping Review
Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim To identify and report how gender justice is conceptualised and discussed in contemporary health literature in relation to the Triple Planetary Crisis of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss, with a particular focus on the experiences of women and gender‐diverse populations, and the representation of nurses and other healthcare ...
Catelyn Richards +7 more
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Diverse new herpetofauna in the Eastern Himalayas reported by WWF
, 2009 A report by WWF has revealed more than 350 new species, including a Flying-frog, from the Eastern Himalayas. The report, The Eastern Himalayas – Where Worlds Collide, highlights a host of new species found over the last decade in the remote mountain ...
Lewis, Todd R.
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Géosciences, 2019 Landslides are one of the most devastating and commonly recurring natural hazards in the Indian Himalayas. They contribute to infrastructure damage, land loss and human casualties.
T. Teja, Abhirup Dikshit, Neelima Satyam
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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, EarlyView.Pan‐genome analysis reveals that high‐altitude Rhododendron species resist alpine cold stress by rapidly sensing and engaging the chilling response pathway and genes that directly and indirectly protect the plant from UV radiation. Heritable genomic features such as long terminal repeats contribute to the adaptive diversification of Rhododendron ...
Haoyang Zhou +11 more
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CURRENT | 不合时宜:Contemporary Art from Scotland - Phase One, Shanghai Himalayas Art Museum, China
, 2015 Exhibition Dates: 27 June - 9 August 2015Preview: 27 June 2015Venue: Shanghai Himalayas Art MuseumCurated by Cooper Gallery in collaboration with curators and art organisations in China and organised in partnership with the British Council, CURRENT ...
Hao, Sophia; id_orcid
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Grazing intensity impacts on soil carbon stocks of Western Himalayan Alpine paddocks
Carbon Management, 2019 Overgrazing in the fragile Himalayan alpine grassland ecosystems is a major cause of substantial loss of soil organic carbon (SOC). The current study was conducted to analyze the effects of grazing on SOC in seven alpine grasslands of Kashmir.
Raja Waqar Ahmed Khan +3 more
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2019 Reporting the range extension of Agnidra vinacea (Moore, 1879) from eastern Himalayas to Uttarakhand, western Himalayas. The individuals of the species were documented from western Himalayas by both opportunistic sighting and light-trapping method by ...
Pritha Dey, Sanjay Sondhi
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