Publications
Snow sampling has been undertaken by the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority at snowcourse sites in the Kosciuszco National Park since the mid-1950s.
Snow depth, water content and density observations are made weekly at three index sites and monthly at another eleven sites during the snow season. Snowcourse sites are spread throughout the Snowy Scheme area to encompass spatial and...
There has been an enormous emphasis placed on the impact of increased temperatures associated with global warming. Linked with climate change has been the possibility of future changes to the current location of the tree line. However at a finer scale the clearing of forest cover can lower temperature significantly. Not only is the thermal environment significantly modified when trees are removed...
Mugwort (Artemisia spp.), common plant in Japan and Nepal mountains, has been valuable species for spiritual and material uses. Various products are produced from mugwort plant in Japan, whereas it is still limited to traditional and domestic uses in Nepal. Industrial use of mugwort plant may change the economy of rural people in Nepal through generating employment and income. Sharing Japanese...
Scenarios for climate patterns in New Zealand for AD2030 suggest significant changes from those prevailing at the present time. In some respects they may be similar to patterns occurring 7-9000 years BP. One of the critical areas of current research is into timberline dynamics and ongoing studies suggest significant short term responses to climate warming. Soil regime and erosion responses are...
Snow has been a dominant weather feature which has influenced the occurrence and distribution of plant communities in the Australian Alps. Snowfalls per se are considered to have had little direct influence on the vegetation but it is and has been the responses of plant species to the depth and length of snowpack, and the temperature and moisture regimes which have been associated with the...
On April 20-25, 1997, forty researchers representing a broad range of disciplines met in Kathmandu to discuss the nature and consequences of land-use/land-cover changes (LUCC) in Hindu Kush-Himalaya (HKH). The overall objective of the International Workshop on Dynamics of Land-Use/Land-Cover Change in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya was to provide a forum where researchers from Asia and around the world...
There is an obvious decline in animal species abundance with increased altitude within the latitudinal band of south-eastern mainland Australia which encompasses the Australian Alps. Among the vertebrates, there is only one endemic mammal species, four frogs and five reptiles. The greatest degree of endemism occurs among the invertebrates.
In the Australia Alps it is the snow rather than the...
There is a lack of consistency on the designation for the highest mountain range in the world. That is, some describe it in singular as 'Himalaya' while others use the plural 'Himalayas'. The author aims to clarify how these two forms should be used according to the context under discussion.
This mountain range deserves to be treated as a singular entity owing to its emphatic physiographic...
The Yunnan Initiative calls attention to the large uncertainties that local (and indigenous) cultures face as they strive to use, nurture and sustain the diverse landscapes in which they live and on which they depend. Among the most powerful contemporary forces that influence both local cultures and biodiversity are various government policies and the expansion of regional, national and...
Spiritual healing is a little investigated field not only in Pakistan but also in the west. A study was carried-out in a traditional village (Chaprote) of Northern Areas of Pakistan in 1989 by an anthropologist, which describes indigenous healing techniques of a native spiritual practitioner known as Danyal. Danyal or Danyalism in Gilgiti culture can be seen as more or less what is popularly...