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Sunday, March 23, 2014 BG Verghese March 19, 2014 First Published: 23:28 IST(19/3/2014) Last Updated: 23:30 IST(19/3/2014) Print
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manifesting themselves. Monitoring the consequences of Tibetan permafrost melt and Karakoram glacier behaviour is of particular importance and calls for close cooperation with China and Pakistan. The creation of a NJ9842-K2-Karakoram Pass Global Scientific Reserve has been canvassed and this could be augmented with advantage were China to join by adding Shaksgam to the international reserve. Glacial lake formation in the remote heights, cloudbursts and aberrant weather conditions and hydrological and sediment-load variations are posing fresh dangers that need to be closely monitored. Adaptation and disaster preparedness and management protocols must be evolved to ensure that damage is avoided or at least minimised. Climate change respects no frontiers or treaties. We must cooperate regionally and globally to manage our common future. BG Verghese is a well-known columnist The views expressed by the author are personal http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/1197351.aspx Copyright 2013 HT Media Limited. All Rights Reserved.
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