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Climate change in the Western Ghat Mountains: Impact and adaptation

Conservation International has declared the Western Ghats Mountains as one of the 34 global biodiversity hotspots in the world. The Western Ghats of southwestern India and the highlands of southwestern Sri Lanka are strikingly similar in their geology, climate and evolutionary history. Together, they form one of the most densely populated of the 34 global biodiversity hotspots. This hotspot is...

Historical changes of the upper tree line in the Carpathian Mountains (Ukraine)

Most of the world's mountain areas have a long history of human influence and development and in the Carpathian Mountains (Europe) there has been several thousand years of human impact. Human adaptation to environmental gradients and limitations (elevation zones, seasonal weather changes etc.) has created a vertical system of land use in mountain areas. Expansion of forests into previous...

Local and indigenous practices on adaptation: An experience from herder’s life of western Bhutan

Pastoralism is an age-old livelihood option for millions of people of different castes and ethic groups and makes a significant contribution to the economy of the Hindu Kush Himalayas (HKH), both in terms of providing employment and income opportunities and in supplying nutrition to the rural poor. Bakrawals, Gujjars, Gaddis, Kanets, Kaulis and Kinnauras of the north Indian Himalayas, Bhotias...

Uncertainties in climate change impacts versus certainties in winter tourism adaptation strategies
Snow cover plays an important role for the mountain environment, representing a living area for some species, a huge water storage function, etc. While in the past it was seen as an obstacle in the European Alps because farmers could not work their fields or the passes were more difficult to cross, in the 20th century it became an important source of wealth and was even nicknamed “white gold”....
Food security amidst climate change in Nepal
Climate change will hit hardest on the food security in Nepal through various aspects. Number of food deficient population has increased remarkably in the recent decades due to various reasons. Global predictions show slight increase in the food production with respect to estimated climate change but our food production having based on the rain fed depending on the weather pattern, even small and...
Causality of current environmental change in tropical landscapes

Disjunctions in scale, effect, and direction of forcing are characteristic of how global environmental change alters and interacts with landscapes in regards to land cover, ecosystem services, biodiversity, and sustainable land use. Many effects are subtle, indirect, or best characterized as thresholds, wherein change at first modest is followed by abrupt shifts in rate or mode. In the tropics...

Are water resources in the western Himalaya sensitive to global warming?
The world has warmed by 0.74°C over the last century according to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. However, this warming has not been globally uniform. The high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere have been disproportionately affected and reconstructions of past temperatures suggest that the late 20th century warming is unprecedented. In addition, all climate...
Es el cambio climático una oportunidad o amenaza en las montañas: una evaluación en los Andes centrales de Perú

Is climate change an opportunity or a threat in the mountains?An evaluation of the Central Andean region of Peru

The various documents prepared by the Intergovernmental Panel of Climatic Changes (IPCC) indicates that for the coming years there will be an increase in temperature of some degrees, a rise between 1,8 to 4º C, as a best estimate. This increase could cause an increase in...

Watershed management approach for climate change adaptation
Nepal's temperature is rising faster than global average with high warming rates in the Himalaya. The precipitation is becoming unpredictable resulting extremities. Poor people, whose livelihoods are nature based, have experienced the impacts of climate change and are coping to their best. Adaptation to climate change is an urgent action for the poor communities. Practical Action Nepal is...
Reducing carbon emissions through community-managed forests in the Himalaya
The world’s average temperature has risen more in the last 100 years than in the last 10,000 years. Of the 10 recorded warmest years in history, nine were recorded during the last decade. Greenhouse gases from human activities are among the major causes for the alarming trends. Two of the most recent policy instruments devised to address these issues are the United Nations Framework on Climate...

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