(Online Course) Contemporary Issues for IAS Mains 2012: Environment and Ecology - Protecting the Himalayas
Environment and Ecology
Protecting the Himalayas
Ques. What are the issues in Himalayan Eco-system?
Ans:
- Accelerated forest loss,
- Soil erosion
- Resource degradation
- Loss of habitat and biodiversity
- Climate change.
- Problems to local communities.
Ques. What should be the goals to protect them?
Ans:
- Access to reliable and affordable energy
- Food and water security.
- Demarcation of connected conservation spaces.
- Sustainable use of biodiversity for poverty alleviation.
Ques. What needs to be done to protect them?
Ans:
- Convene a meeting of climate summit for a living Himalayas in Bhutan.
- Evolved a consensus- based mitigation effort primarily for the eastern part.
- To build institutions for climate research and study and share knowledge.
- To harness traditional knowledge.
- Get local communities to participate in conservation programmes.
- Join initiative with Pakistan, China and Afghanistan.
- UNFCCC must provide substantial funding for research, capacity- building and preservation
