Arley Titzler Mercury is a contaminant which poses environmental health risks to terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems around the world, especially in the Arctic. A recent study in Environmental Science & Technology traces the source of mercury concentrations in Lake Hazen to increased flow in glacial rivers. Lake Hazen, located in Nunavut, Canada, is the High Arctic’s largest lake by volume, …
Rina Saeed Khan LAHORE At his house on busy Mall Road in Lahore, environmental lawyer Rafay Alam runs three air purifiers around the clock, keeps his windows shut and stuffs towels into the gaps under his doors. Some winter days, when the city’s smog is particularly bad, “I don’t send my daughter to school,” he admits. “I am not going …
A suspect who participated in the illegal hunting of a markhor, Pakistan’s national animal, in Chitral was presented before the court of the assistant commissioner of Chitral on Monday following his arrest, reported daily Dawn on Monday. Aslam Baig was arrested from his house on Sunday night and a case was registered against him under the Wildlife and Biodiversity Act, …
Mattias Borg Rasmussen and Jens Friis Lund How are we to inhabit a world ravaged by the Modern? To Bruno Latour, the triple crises of climate change, migration, and rampant social inequality share a common root: the increasing concentration of value in fewer hands. He describes the global elite’s realization since the 1990s that the fruits of modernity cannot extend …
HAH Report Kathmandu: A centre of excellence on Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) was launched on Tuesday (Nov 13) at ICIMOD to improve access to modern, affordable and reliable energy services in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region, says a press statement. The centre, called Regional Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Capability for the Hindu Kush Himalaya (REEECH), aims to …
Herald Report Islamabad: Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) government is working on a proposal to control land erosion in three towns by cascading banks of main rivers meandering through the capital towns of three districts. A Chinese firm has shown interest in the project and negotiations are in the final stages to ink an agreement with the company, Chief Minister Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman …
By Catriona Luke Once again the Diamer-Bhasha dam, 40 kilometers downstream of Chilas, is on the agenda for development. It would be a catastrophe for the region, which could include the loss of 30,000 historic petroglyphs on 5,000 stones and 22 villages in the area. More than 170 kilometers from Islamabad as the crow flies, over some of the most …
Janita Gurung & Pradyumna J.B. Rana The 25 years after Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) ratification have seen many successes in conserving biodiversity in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya regions. Given new challenges, concerted conservation efforts must remain a priority. This year marks 25 years of the ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) – an agreement among 196 countries to …
Janita Gurung & Pradyumna J.B. Rana Twenty-five years after the ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), we have seen many successes in conserving biodiversity in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya regions. Given new challenges, concerted conservation efforts must remain a priority. This year marks 25 years of the ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) – an agreement among 196 …
HAH Correspondent GILGIT: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has filed separate references against the officials of Gilgit-Baltistan Forest Department for violating the timber policy and inflicting Rs156 million losses to the national kitty. The bureau’s spokesperson stated that NAB Rawalpindi’s sub-office in Gilgit has filed the references in the accountability court of the GB against the former Gilgit conservator Muhammad Ismail Zafar, …
