Great Himalayan National Park a World Heritage Site
Shimla: The Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area (GHNPCA), part of the River Beas basin in Kullu valley of North India, has been accorded…
Western Tragopan
Himachal park set for Unesco’s natural heritage status
Shimla: India’s richest biodiversity site in the western Himalayas, the Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) in Himachal Pradesh, is likely to become the country’s seventh…
Great Himalayan Park not in ambit of Forest Rights Act – Conservators
Shimla: Conservators have rubbished any claims of Forests Rights Act in Great National Himalayan Park, a reserve of rare Himalayan flora and fauna that…
Graeme Worboys to evaluate Kullu Himalayan Park for World Heritage status
Kullu: An international expert, Graeme Worboys, will be visiting a storehouse of biodiversity in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu Valley this week to evaluate its biological…
Wilderness getaway – Great Himalayan National Park, Kullu
Kullu (Himachal Pradesh): If you are a professional trekker and want to test your nerves in the rugged and inhospitable terrain of the trans-Himalayas,…
Expanding human habitations pose threat to bio-diversity in Kullu valley
Manali: Unbridled growth in Kullu valley in recent years is increasingly raising environmental concerns as much of the rich bio-diversity faces the onslaught of…
Endangered pheasant species multiply in Himalayan park
Kullu (Himachal Pradesh): The presence of the highly endangered, elusive western tragopan can now be felt more clearly in the Great Himalayan National Park…
Himachal At The Crossroads
Some years ago Himachal Tourism had a catchy slogan – ‘A state for all seasons and all reasons.’ Over time, it appears that this…
Sarahan-The temple town for the Pilgrim and the Traveller
I travelled to Saharan with my mom in the winter of 2007. A devote and a non-believer we both found our own meaning in…
Mystery of the missing Himachal tiger
Photographs of a tiger roaming in solitary splendour in the hills surrounding the picturesque tourist resort of Manali have failed to impress Himachal Pradesh’s…