GB Pant Institute Of Himalayan Environment And Development

What are the facilities provided at GB Pant Institute Of Himalayan Environment And Development?

[Raman Vij]

G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development (GBPIHED) was founded in 1988-89. it is an autonomous Institute of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Govt. of India.

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT THEMES.....
three functional groups and six thematic areas based of stakeholder needs.
Group 1
- Socio Economic Development (SED)
- Environmental Assessment & Management (EAM)
Group 2
- Watershed Process and Management (WPM)
- Knowledge Product & Capacity Building (KCB)
Group 3
- Biodiversity Conservation and Management (BCM)
- Biotechnology Applications (BTA)

Facilities.....
-Library & Information Centre
-Internet & Video Conferencing (IT Cell)
-Sophisticated Tissue Culture Labs
-RS and GIS Cell
-GPS Reference Stations
-Labs for Soil, Water and Plant Analyses
-Multi-location Weather Monitoring Stations
-ENVIS Centre on Himalayan Ecology
-Lead Centre for Himalayan Biosphere Reserves
-Documentation Cell
-ICIMOD Cell
-Rural Technology Complex
-Glacier Study Centre
-Disaster management Faculty
-Central Instrumentation Laboratory
-Nature Interpretation & Learning Centre
-Arboretum & Plant Nurseries
-Herbal Gardens
-Greenhouses/Polyhouses
-Videography
-Project Formulations
-Consultancy
-Training, Workshop & Seminar

Earlier Publications
- MoEF Discussion Paper on Himalayan Glaciers
- Climate Change And India : A 4X4 Assessment
- Task Force Report : Planning Commission
- Fiber Yielding Plants of Indian Himalayan Region
- Governance for Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystem (G-SHE)
- Compendium on Indian Biosphere Reserves
- NESFP - Compendium of Statistics for the States of IHR

Address:
Dr. P.P. Dhyani, Director
G. B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development
Kosi-Katarmal, Almora-263 643, Uttarakhand, INDIA
Phone: (05962) 241015, EPABX Nos.: (05962) 241041, 241154
Fax: (05962) 241014, 241150
Email : psdir[at]gbpihed[dot]nic[dot]in

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