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Ecology

Economic growth in G-B

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in :  Climate Change, Development, Ecology, Gilgit-Baltistan, Mining, Opinion, Tourism
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Mountain landscape

promoting real estate business in mountain regions should be discouraged as it may result in disfiguring mountain landscape, create ecological and civic problems, as well as mass scale displacement and migration of people

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Tourism & sports united for sustainability

By thehighasia
April 27, 2023
in :  Ecology, Tourism, UNWTO, World
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Sustainable tourism

Sports Tourism plays a key role in enhancing economic growth and social development in many destinations. It creates jobs and supports businesses in cities and rural communities alike.

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Book highlights diverse ecosystem of HKH regions

By thehighasia
January 11, 2023
in :  Biodiversity, China, Climate Change, Ecology, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Himalayas, Hindu Kush Ranges, Karakoram Ranges, Wildlife
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Mountain Studies

HAH Special Correspondent Islamabad: A book on studies of three major mountain regions of Pakistan has been published. The book, titled: Mountain Studies Understanding and Managing  Mountains for people and Nature is an important resource book for researchers, academia, students, and environmentalists as well as the people living in the Hindu Kush, Karakoram, and Himalaya (HKH) regions. The book contains …

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Women’s right to property and inheritance in Hunza

By thehighasia
December 15, 2022
in :  Ecology, Feminism, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Human Rights, Legal, Opinion, Slider, Society
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women's right to inheritance in Hunza

by Rozina Ahmed Debate over women’s right to property and inheritance in Pakistan, in general, and in Gilgit-Baltistan, in particular, is commonplace in mainstream media, social media, and political circles. Although women’s right to property and inheritance is mandated by Islamic Shariah as well as the Constitution of Pakistan, it is rarely honored in practice. Even in regions where the …

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Pakistan reels from floods

By thehighasia
September 18, 2022
in :  Balochistan, Climate Change, Disaster, Ecology, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Himalayas, Hindu Kush Ranges, Karakoram Ranges, Latest, Pakistan
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After record temperatures and drought, swaths of Pakistan lie submerged, symptoms of a climate crisis its people play little part in.

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Man-made catastrophe

By thehighasia
August 26, 2022
in :  Biodiversity, Climate Change, Development, Disaster, Ecology, Gilgit-Baltistan, Governance, High Asia Region, Himalayas, Hindu Kush Ranges, Karakoram Ranges, Opinion, Pakistan, Slider
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Disaster

The scale, scope and spread of the 2022 floods have surpassed the super floods of 2010. The monsoon rains have created unprecedented havoc in all regions of the country stretching from Gilgit-Baltistan and KP to Sindh, southern Punjab and Balochistan.

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Chitral: Oveer Lasht residents live in constant fear

By thehighasia
August 7, 2022
in :  Chitral, Climate Change, Disaster, Ecology, Features, High Asia Region, Hindu Kush Ranges, Human Rights, People, Slider
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GLOF Risk

By Gul Hameed Farooqui A beautiful view of Oveer Lasht Valley in Upper Chitral now facing climate-change-induced danger. Photo by Gul Hamaad Farooqui/HAH Daniyal visited his scenic valley Oveer Lasht nestled in the Hindu Kush Mountains to enjoy summer vacations with peace of mind and enjoy its tranquillity escaping the humid and scorching hot weather of Karachi. But to his …

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Race, culture, terrorism and ‘deep structures’

By thehighasia
July 11, 2022
in :  Climate Change, Conflict, Culture, Democracy, Ecology, Education, Europe, extremism, History, Nationalism, People, Politics, Race, Society, Taliban, US, World
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Interview

Akbar Ahmad and Noam Chomsky examine examine issues of race in America which engender different forms of violence and terrorism. While race is on the surface of society, understanding how it related to society’s deeper structures can help make sense of it. It is the failure to tackle race issues that is partly responsible for the turbulence in contemporary American society.

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Gilgit-Baltistan and climate change

By thehighasia
July 8, 2022
in :  Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Disaster, Ecology, Environment, Ghizer, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Himalayas, Hindu Kush Ranges, Research Paper, Tourism, Wildlife
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Climate-=change

There is a need to assess these risks and challenges, and their impacts on biodiversity, ecology and human wellbeing of Hindu Kush-Himalaya regions

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Women’s role in ecosystem restoration

By thehighasia
June 19, 2022
in :  Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Change, Conservation, Disaster, Ecology, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, Women
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Eco-feminism

by Ali Rehmat Shimshali Have you ever imagined progress of a society, or a nation without women? To answer this question, let us confine it to our homes. What troubles do we face in the absence of our moms and sisters? They are nuclous in every family and society. When the nuclous breaks the entire system collapses. So how can …

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Pakistan’s neoliberal state is a machine for plunder

By thehighasia
June 10, 2022
in :  Development, Ecology, Economy, Governance, Marxism, Opinion, Pakistan, Political Philosophy, Politics, Revolution
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Neoliberal state

Pakistani neoliberalism hasn’t rolled back state intervention in the economy. Building on a predatory tradition that dates back to British colonial rule, it has used state power to enforce the ruthless exploitation of Pakistan’s workers and natural resources.

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GB constitutional package: ‘move aims to legitimise colonial rule’

By thehighasia
March 10, 2022
in :  Climate Change, Development, Ecology, Environment, Gilgit-Baltistan, Kashmir, Legal, Pakistan, Politics
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GB's constitutional package

Young academic cautions youth about neoliberal ‘development mantra Special Correspondent Professor Zaighum Abbas speaking on the proposed provisional provincial status for Gilgit-Baltistan at an interactive session with students of the GB Punjab University campus. Photo HAH LAHORE: Debate on the proposed constitutional setup for Gilgit-Baltistan reverberates in and outside the mountainous region. Youth and activists from GB in Pakistan and …

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Uberisation of farmlands

By thehighasia
November 18, 2021
in :  Biodiversity, Climate Change, Development, Ecology, Environment, Opinion, Slider, UN, World
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Climate-change

In the name of saving the climate, big technological and agriculture firms and corporations will uberise farmlands

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Diamer-Bhasha dam is neither green nor cheap

By thehighasia
November 17, 2021
in :  Biodiversity, Climate Change, Diamer District, Ecology, Energy, Environment, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
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Reservoir

Pakistan is pushing ahead with hydropower as a low-cost way of ‘greening’ its energy sector, but this ignores the latest research as well as the history of large dams in the country.

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Tourism & plastic pollution: winners of Students’ League contest announced

By thehighasia
October 1, 2021
in :  Climate Change, Ecology, Environment, Slider, Tourism, UNWTO
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Tourism & Plastic Pollution

This year the Global UNWTO Students’ League competition focused on addressing the issue of plastics pollution within the sector, as well as maximizing tourism’s contributions to rural development.

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Tracking 3 decades of dramatic glacial lake growth

In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using a 30-year satellite data record have found that the volume of these lakes worldwide has increased by about 50% since 1990 as glaciers melt and retreat due to climate change. Courtest: NASA/National Geographic

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