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Under increasing climate pressures in Northeast India, monks and monasteries safeguard local lakes and forests.

Writer and activist Tenzin Tsundue says Tibetans have been uprooted from their homeland, but they are unable to settle down in a foreign land.

The Ule Ethnic Resort in Ladakh has been producing organic apple wine from the fruit of their apricot and apple orchards for the last few years.  "This wine is made with the local Saspola apple, unique to Pakistan, Kargil and the Sham area of Ladakh. This apple lends a distinct flavour to the wine. We also use less sugar and yeast in the winemaking process and add a hint of

In Arunachal Pradesh, Buddhist monks are protecting a high-altitude wetland with 20 lakes In 2009, officials from the Tawang Monastery and WWF-India partnered to protect the region. Mar 12, 2021 · 07:30 pm Phuntsok Wangchuk, a Buddhist monk, guides and cares for pilgrims who visit the sacred wetlands that are part of the Bhagajang Wetland Complex in Arunachal Pradesh. | Kowsick Borgohain for Mongabay Seated on a carpet on the floor of the Buddhist monastery in Itanagar, Phuntsok Wangchuk cuts a lonely figure on a Friday morning. With a rather flimsy surgical mask cov...

At an elevation of above 4,000 metres in Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh lies the Bhagajang Wetland Complex that has around 20 high-altitude lakes. In 2009, concerned about the impact of tourism on the environment, officials from the Tawang Monastery and WWF-India partnered to address some of these issues and conserve the environment in the wetland region. Among the monks who are silently doing their bit in environmental protection is Phuntsok Wangchuk. Over the past 14 years he has spent around three months every year at the Bhagajang Wetland Complex to guide and care for pilgrims that ...