biodiversity
The mistletoes constitute a polyphyletic group of flowering parasitic plants and are commonly known as “Ainjeru” or “Lisso” in Nepali. Of the over 1300 mistletoe species occurring worldwide, Nepal is home to 19. Mistletoes are entirely dependent on their hosts for water and nutrients and affect their hosts mainly by competing for limited resources....
Governments are often accused of responding only to short-term and parochial considerations. It is therefore remarkable that representatives of 190 countries recently committed themselves at the Convention on Biological Diversity to
reducing biodiversity loss. This presents conservation biologists with perhaps their greatest challenge of the decade. The authors of this Policy Forum...
High resolution geochemical data from fossil-poor Blaini-Krol and fossiliferous Lower Tal succession in the Lesser Himalayas closely conform to the geochemical trends demonstrated by the rock sequences at Oman, Newfoundland, South China and Western United States.
The authors report new U-Pb zircon SHRIMP ages for the Ladakh and Karakoram batholiths. The samples of the Ladakh Batholith were collected from the Khardung La and Chang La tops and those of the Karakoram Batholith were collected along the Tangtse gorge and Darbuk-Shyok section.
Separated zircon crystals display zoned zircon crystals typically observed in igneous rocks. The age obtained...
Korthalsella japonica (Thunb.) Engler (Viscaceae) mistletoe is reported as a new record for the Nepal Himalayas.
In a recent study between Naubise, Dhading District and Bhainse Dobhan, Makawanpur District, along the Tribhuvan Highway in the Central Nepal Himalayas, mistletoe Korthalsella japonica (Thunb.) Engler (Viscaceae) has been recorded for the first time from Nepal. The...
The Sierra de Portuguesa is an Andean mountain system with important biodiversity associated with montane vegetation types. Human use existed well before European colonisation. Coffee plantations and slash-and-burn agriculture have been predominant in the last 200 years. Three distinct national parks — Yacambú, Terepaima, and Guache — were designated there at different times...
Despite abundant wild edible plant resources with immense potential for economic development, Uttaranchal, a newly created hill state situated in the Central Indian Himalaya, remains underdeveloped, owing primarily to inaccessibility and poor infrastructure. Development initiatives show little concern for mountain perspectives. Yet the region is rich in resources and underutilized plant...
The aim of this article is two fold: first, to depict key species and relate them to landscape units (LUs) to define habitats; second, to generate a sound network of protected areas to ensure the functional integrity of the ecosystem. In the present study, 6500 vertebrate and vascular plant species records were gathered into a database. A total of 137 sampling units were surveyed to verify key...
Women and men hold and share different knowledge and practices about plants and animals. Women’s knowledge of biodiversity comes from their roles as wild plant gatherers, home gardeners and plant domesticators, herbalists and seed custodians. Women across the globe possess knowledge on wild and domesticated species of edible and non-edible plants and animals, contributing to their...
Tourism is a business. Despite attractive brochures that advertise international understanding and exchange between local people and tourists, tourism is clearly a business proposition for those who supply tourist services and those who market these services world-wide. It is also clear that tourists themselves are more interested in relaxation, a change of scenery, and their own enjoyment...
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