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Hydropower, Challenges and Opportunities
Hydropower is a renewable source of energy (IEA, 2023). Hydroelectricity is generated by harnessing the movement of water from higher to lower elevations to generate electricity through turbines and generators in hydroelectric power plants (IPCC, 2010). By converting the kinetic energy of flowing water into electrical energy, hydropower contributes significantly
Policy Brief: Knowledge-Based Community Training to Build Resilience and Combat Disaster Governance Ineffectiveness in Himalayan States of India
Abstract Despite being the world’s fourth-largest economy by Gross Domestic Product (GDP), India’s development story remains deeply uneven. Despite being the world’s fourth-largest economy by Gross Domestic Product, the ground reality for most Indian citizens, tells a different story. With a low Gross Domestic Product per capita,
Mountains at Risk: The Human Cost of GDP-Focused Development in the Himalayas
Himalayan states chase GDP growth while neglecting human development and ecological health of their ecosystems. Interviews with founders of local NGOs in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh as well show hydropower, deforestation, and infrastructure are driving biodiversity loss and rising disaster risk. Across India’s Himalayan states of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh
A Royal Bengal Tiger's Struggle: Blinded by Conflict and Ignorance"
In November 2024, a heart-breaking incident unfolded in the Indian state of Assam, where a three-year-old Royal Bengal Tigress became the victim of a violent attack by local villagers. The tigress, who had been spotted in the area before, without incident and was deemed a gentle giant, had ventured into