GB PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Nov. 1, 2019

Union Minister for Environment has approved setting-up of a New Regional Centre of the GB Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development in newly created Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh.

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The new regional centre of the Institute, having headquarters at Kosi-Katarmal in Uttarakhand, will expand the R&D outreach of the Institute in entire trans-Himalayan zone of Indian Himalaya.
The Ladakh centre will be the fifth regional centres of the Institute which has been involved in studying the Indian Himalayan Region and suggesting best ways to conserve the fragile ecosystem amid severe threats to its ecology due to global warming.
The other four regional centres of the Institute are located at Kullu (Himachal Pradesh), Srinagar (Uttarakhand), Pangthang (Sikkim) and Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh).

Source : Times of India