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The Himalayan ecosystem is fragile and diverse. It includes over 51 million people who practice hill agriculture and remains vulnerable The Himalayan ecosystem is vital to the ecological security of the Indian landmass, through providing forest cover, feeding perennial rivers that are the source of drinking water, irrigation, and hydropower, conserving biodiversity, providing a rich base for high value agriculture, and spectacular landscapes for sustainable tourism.
The Himalayan eco system is vulnerable and susceptible to the impacts and consequences of a) changes on account of natural causes, b) climate change resulting from anthropogenic emissions and c) developmental paradigms of the modern society.
The Himalayas house one of the largest resources of snow and ice and its glaciers which form a source of fresh water for the perennial rivers such as the Indus, the Ganga, and the Brahmaputra. Glacial melt may impact their long-term leanseason flows, with adverse impacts on the economy in terms of water availability and hydropower generation. Recession of Himalayan glaciers will pose a major danger to the country. Currently available data gathered by multiples of institutions without a coordinated effort do not indicate systematic trends of recession of Himalayan glaciers
The National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) has enunciated the launch of a National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem. The Mission needs to deliver better understanding of the coupling between the Himalayan ecosystem and the climate factors and provide inputs for Himalayan Sustainable development while addressing also the protection of a fragile ecosystem. This will require the joint effort of climatologists, glaciologists and other experts.
Exchange of information with the South Asian countries and countries sharing the
Himalayan ecology will also be required. There is a need to establish an observational and monitoring network for the Himalayan

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