1. Introduction -- 2. Climate Change and its impacts on Bhutan -- 3. Glaciers as indicators of changing climate in Himalaya -- 4. Land degradation in the Khyber mountains, Pakistan -- 5. Biodiversity Conservation in a Himalayan fringe -- 6. Spreading urban tentacles in the Scotland of the East -- 7. Blowing hot, blowing cold: The urban heat island effect in Srinagar -- 8. Protected areas in Bhu…