Himalayan Institute KOSI

List down the name of Publications of Himalayan Institute KOSI????

[Arun Vats]

G. B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development is an Autonomous Institute of Ministry of Environment, Forests & CC, Government of India. It is situated at Kosi-Katarmal, Almora. It was established in August 1988.

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

Research & development themes.....
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)

Research
� Watershed services, management and land use policy

� Domestic energy needs � options and challenges

� Improved economic and ecological viability of Himalayan farming systems

� Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity

� Protected areas- management issues & solutions

� Climate change impacts � land and water resources

� SEA and EIA specific to the Himalayan region

� Disaster mitigation and management � data bases and knowledge products

� Environmental Management of Urban areas

� Sustainable tourism

� Entrepreneurship and self employment in the Himalaya

� Indigenous knowledge: traditional lifestyle, architecture and health care practices

� Migration: socio-economic & cultural implications

� Biotechnological interventions in environmental rehabilitation

� Resource materials: mountain ecology and environment

� Capacity building and technology transfer/absorption


Developmental Options/ Programmes/ Plans

� Resource management for sustainable development of rural ecosystems.

� Propagation packages of high value plants.

� Integrated Eco-development Research Programme (IERP) in the IHR.

Demonstration and Dissemination

� Eco-restoration and conservation models

� Livelihood options

� Capacity building and skill development

� Networking

� Publication/Documentation

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@gbpihed.nic.in