By King RJ
Bhadarwah, June 12: To aware people especially students about the importance of healthy climate, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Institute of Mountain Environment Bhadarwah Campus, University of Jammu organized one day National Seminar on ‘Climate change and ecosystem services in Indian Himalayan Region’ on Monday.
The seminar focussed on highlighting the continuous process of climate change and how it has a massive impact on the Himalayan region which is vulnerable to the phenomenon of climate change.
The Himalayan region is really getting negatively affected by changing climate and thus this seminar was of great importance and relevance.
Prof. Rahul Gupta, Rector, Bhaderwah Campus welcomed the Guests and deliberated upon different aspects of the campus and gave the details about the achievements of the campus.
ADC Bhadarwah Dil Mir Choudhary was the Chief Guest of the occasion and in his address he urged the students and the audience to act as responsible citizens and work together as the ambassadors in order to safeguard the environment from the threat of climate change.
The keynote speech was delivered by Prof. Milap Chand Sharma, JNU who talked about the various problems which are being faced in Himalayan region due to climate change.
He further stressed various adaptation strategies which are required to reduce the climate change vulnerability.
Dr. Chhering Tundup, Head, Department of Geography, presented the theme of the conference to the audience.
Dr. Neeraj Sharma, Head, IME expressed his views about the role of IME and discussed about the various initiatives the department is taking to spread awareness among the common masses about the mountain Ecosystems.
Other notable speakers who expressed their views include Dr. Shashi Prabha, Jammu University who deliberated about the geographical effects of climate change. Dr. Suresh Babu, JNU threw light on the sociological aspect of interaction between man and his environment.
The event was attended by all the Heads of various departments of Bhaderwah Campus, Dr. Jetinder Manhas, Dr. Subhash Chander and Muhammad Awais. The formal vote of thanks was presented by Dr. Shayan Javeed, IME, Bhaderwah Campus.
