GBPIHED Promotes Ecological and Economic Development of the Himalayas
New Delhi: The GB Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development (GBPIHED) has taken significant strides in identifying problems. Releasing a document “GBPIHED – Over the Years (Stakeholder driven research and development)” of the institute, Mr. Namo Narayan Meena, Minister of State for Environment & Forests said that the institute has developed region specific approaches. It has efficiently disseminated the information to various needed stakeholders. The Minister said that the institute had addressed diverse problems related to ecology. Meena said the document not only presents the outcome of major research and development activities carried out over the years, but also gives an account of stakeholder’s responses towards this outcome. The document aims at meeting the expectation of various stakeholders, including the policy makers.
The institute was established in 1988 as an autonomous institute of the Ministry of Environment & Forests. It has area of operation covering 5, 91,000 sq.km. It covers nearly 15 million people spread over 12 states of India, i.e. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizorum, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam and West Bengal hills. The institute’s thematic area includes watershed process and management, biodiversity conservation, environmental assessment and management, socio-economic development, biotechnological applications and knowledge products as well as capacity building
The recently concluded findings of Glaciers Study Unit have given a new inside in rate of retreat of Himalayan Glaciers. This unit generated time series authentic datasets on rate of recession of Himalayan Glaciers.
The institute has addressed diverse problems pertaining to different issue of Himalayan Environment & development, livelihood options, land restoration and awareness and outreach on different issues. To achieve problem solving approaches and to make them acceptable the institute has also established demonstration of best practices.
This compilation will be useful to scientist’s academia ions, stakeholders and policymakers. Besides this it will help in improving their synergy with the institute for promoting ecological and economic development of the Indian Himalayan Region.
