Dr Rajan Kotru India launched its National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) in 2008. It was a timely policy action to tackle climate change. Out of eight national missions it comprised, the mission on Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystems (NMSHE) launched in 2010 though it received formal approval from the Union Government in 2014. The Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) with its numerous ecosystems and ecosystem services is vital to the ecological security of the Indian landmass apart from traditional socioeconomic (tourism), […]