Himalayas
Water levels of the critical rivers that originate in the Himalayan glaciers will not drop over the next century, say scientists.
The latest research led by Dr Walter Immerzeel, a scientist from Utrecht University in the Netherlands and visiting scientist at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in Nepal, indicates that increasing rains would...
Since 2006, ICIMOD has commissioned various case studies as part of a study on flash flood risk reduction in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region. The purpose of these studies was to create a knowledge base on flash flood processes in different parts of the region with diverse climatic and socioeconomic conditions in order to understand existing flash flood risk management mechanisms, including...
Conservation Science, a new journal in the nature conservation, calls for submissions of research paper/review/short communication/essay for a special issue on “Conservation Biology of the Himalaya”. The issue is scheduled to publish on April 2013 (http://www.thenaturefoundation.org/...
El Taller de Trabajo sobre Cambio Climático y Zonas de Montaña, organizado por la Universidad de Sussex del Reino Unido y la Universidad de Neuchâtel en Suiza, concluyó este 4 de mayo y sirvió para evaluar la vulnerabilidad de dos de las mayores cadenas montañosas del mundo: los Andes y los Himalayas.
Se concluyó que no solo existe una fuerte vulnerabilidad frente al cambio...
Despite the fact that Helambu is only three days walk from Kathmandu and is one of the most popular trekking areas, virtually nothing is known about the socio-cultural organisation of its inhabitants. Sherpas live here and it is precisely because of its differences (and similarities) with other Sherpa and Bhotea areas that Helambu is an important area anthropologically. The extent of these...
Ganesh Himal is a range of mountains to the northwest of Kathmandu, reaching an altitude of 7,402 m. The paper describes some of the many features of the physical (abiotique) sphere (e.g. exposure, topography, climatology etc.), the biological (biotique) sphere (i.e. flora and fauna) and the cultural (anthropique) sphere of the region, and the interrelationships between them.
The valley of Ankhu Khola is located between Ganesh Himal to the north, Tiru Danda to the east and Abuthum Lekh in the west in an area to the northwest of Kathmandu. The area was found to be of interest due to the multiplicity of ecological problems and its apparent remoteness in spite of its close proximity to Kathmandu. The author has been involved in running a series of surveys in the area...
In the language of its natives, "Mustang" (smon thang) refers only to the small walled capital city of the larger territory of Lo (glo bo). Lo's territory embraced all of the upper Kali Ghandaki valley, from what is now called Baragaon up to the highest elevations in its watershed. The lands which Mustang's rulers controlled in the 15th century included all of Upper and Lower...
The rationale for this paper is that it is necessary for rural development planners and workers to have knowledge of the structure of rural Nepal and the functions and processes of its various parts. There is a lot of knowledge that exists, but it deserves to be systematised and disseminated for application in national development planning.
It is suggested that in carrying out rural...
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