‘Divided by borders united by the Himalayas’: A Cross regional Policy Paper on the ‘Third Pole effect’, focusing on the issue of Water Crisis and Climate change in South Asia
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Date
2020-03
Journal Title
Indian Journal of Law and Justice
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Chakraborty, Gangotri
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University of North Bengal
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Rodricks, A., & Bhattacharjee, S. (2020). ‘Divided by borders united by the Himalayas’: A Cross regional Policy Paper on the ‘Third Pole effect’, focusing on the issue of Water Crisis and Climate change in South Asia. Indian Journal of Law and Justice, 11(1, Part-III), 317–323. https://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/4023
Authors
Rodricks, Abhisekh
Bhattacharjee, Shibasish
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Abstract
Most of the countries in South Asia like Bangladesh,China, India and Pakistan derive
their water sources from the Hindu Kush mountains. It holds the largest stretch of
frozen water outside the polar territory for which it it’s referred to as the ‘Third Pole.’
There exists an imminent threat from both the climatic and ecological variations
coupled with human activities.Signs of water stresses have been found in majority of the
affected regions. More than a billion people are living and thriving off this geo-climatic
zone which has therefore, become a region of man-made exploitation. If the predictions,
in respect to, growth of population, latent demand for agricultural and energy resources
along with climatic variations are not made accurately, the actual stress on the Hindu
Kush Himalayas(HKH), can never be assessed correctly, and hence actions taken may
not lead to the pre-set goals.
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11
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1, Part-III
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0976-3570
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317 - 323