Socio-economic and Environmental Implications of the Decline of Chilgoza Pine Nuts of Kinnaur, Western Himalaya by Aghaghia Rahimzadeh

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Regional mass variations and its sensitivity to climate drivers over glaciers of Karakoram and Himalayas by Akansha Patel, Ajanta Goswami, Jaydeo K. Dharpure, Meloth Thamban, Anil V. Kulkarni, Parmanand Sharma

“…In contrast, the junctio n area between the Western Himalaya (WH) and CH region observed an extreme negative mass change. …”
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Carbon Sequestration Potential of Agroforestry versus Adjoining Forests at Different Altitudes in the Garhwal Himalayas by Naresh Singh, Manoj Kumar Riyal, Bhupendra Singh, Vinod Prasad Khanduri, Deepa Rawat, Chandramohan Singh, Marina M. S. Cabral Pinto, Munesh Kumar

“…The study suggests that selecting land use patterns can be an effective management system for tree species at different elevations for carbon storage, helping to mitigate climate change and aiding in sustainable management of ecosystems in the Garhwal Himalayas.…”
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Quantitative assessment of the erosion and deposition effects of landslide-dam outburst flood, Eastern Himalaya by Xiaolu Dong, Xianyan Wang, Long Yang, Zhijun Zhao, Ronald Van Balen, Xiaodong Miao, Tao Liu, Jef Vandenberghe, Baotian Pan, Martin Gibling, Huayu Lu

“…Our quantitative findings highlight the profound importance of recurrent outburst floods for gorge development and landscape evolution in Eastern Himalaya.…”
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Spatial distribution of soil organic carbon in apple orchard soils of Kashmir Himalaya, India by Javaid M. Dad, Mifta ul Shafiq

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Nature-based solutions in Hindu Kush Himalayas: IUCN global standard based synthesis by Divya Mehta, Rajiv Pandey, Ajay Kumar Gupta, Sirkku Juhola

“…This study shows that NbS in the Himalayas are contributing to biodiversity conservation and climate risk management. …”
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Energy fluxes, mass balance, and climate sensitivity of the Sutri Dhaka Glacier in the western Himalaya by Sunil N. Oulkar, Sunil N. Oulkar, Meloth Thamban, Parmanand Sharma, Bhanu Pratap, Ajit T. Singh, Lavkush Kumar Patel, Ankit Pramanik, M. Ravichandran, M. Ravichandran

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Elevation determines the productivity of large cardamom (Amomum subulatum Roxb.) cultivars in Sikkim Himalaya by Patrush Lepcha, Kailash S. Gaira, Aseesh Pandey, Santosh Kumar Chettri, Jarina Lepcha, Jhony Lepcha, Rajesh Joshi, Nakul Chettri

“…Abstract Large cardamom (Amomum subulatum Roxb.) is an economically important cash crop that provides a livelihood option for the rural communities in Sikkim Himalaya. However, its production has declined drastically over the past few decades due to climate change and other factors affecting the livelihood of marginal cardamom-dependent farmers in the region. …”
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Foraging habits of the Red Fox Vulpes vulpes (Mammalia: Carnivora: Canidae) in the Himalaya, India by Aishwarya Maheshwari

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Assessment of environmental sustainability using ecological footprint in urban ecosystems of North Western Himalayas by Diksha Rana, S.K. Bhardwaj, Gourav

“…Our study aims to determine the urban sustainability of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh, a hilly state in North Western Himalayas, India situated in North western Himalayas by using one of the Ecological Footprint Analysis (EFA) components, the built-up land footprint, as a pragmatic tool for analysis and planning of the urban region. …”
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Innovative Trend Analysis of High-Altitude Climatology of Kashmir Valley, North-West Himalayas by Ishfaq Gujree, Ijaz Ahmad, Fan Zhang, Arfan Arshad

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Ambient radioactivity on a reconnaissance study tour of Bratislava – Dubai – Kathmandu – Nepal Himalaya by Andrej MOJZEŠ, Miroslav BIELIK, František MARKO, Ján MADARÁS, Kamil FEKETE, Pavol SIMAN, Juraj PAPČO, Ashok SIGDEL, Subash ACHARYA

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Cultivable bacterial diversity along the altitudinal zonation and vegetation range of tropical Eastern Himalaya by Nathaniel A. Lyngwi, Khedarani Koijam, D. Sharma, S. R. Joshi

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First record of Poa scabriculmis N. R. Cui (Poaceae) for the flora of Pan Himalayas by M. Olonova

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Correlation of radon anomalies with microseismic events in Kangra and Chamba valleys of N-W Himalaya by Rajiv Kumar, Naresh Kumar, Anand Kumar Sharma, Vivek Walia, H.S.Virk

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Income inequality among indigenous people dependent on traditional agroforestry system in Indian Himalayas by D K PANDEY, P ADHIGURU, H K DE, A D UPADHYAY, K RADHAKRISHNAN

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Identification of suitable sites for traditional pokhari water harvesting in mountain rural communities of the Himalaya by Eleonora Forzini, Luigi Piemontese, Elena Bresci, Blandine Barthod, Florian Bielser, Marc Sylvestre, Nirmal Adhikari, Sony Pun, Giulio Castelli

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Seasonal changes and determination of heavy metal concentrations in Veshaw river of the Indian western Himalaya by Rauoof Ahmad Rather, Shoukat Ara, Sanjeev Sharma, Shahid Ahmad Padder, Farooq Ahmad Lone, Shakeel Ahmad Mir, Zahoor Ahmad Baba, Iqra Binti Ayoub, Ikhlaq Ahmad Mir, Tariq Ahmad Bhat, Tawseef Rehman Baba

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Ensuring water security by reviving selected springs in Kangra region, Himachal Himalaya, India by Shikha Rawal, Jose P. G., Dilbag Singh, Anurag Linda

“…ABSTRACTIn the Himalaya, availability of fresh water is a need of mankind, but due to numerous unsustainable developments, hill peoplesare witnessing scarcity of potable water. …”
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Correlation of radon anomalies with microseismic events in Kangra and Chamba valleys of N-W Himalaya by H. S. Virk, Vivek Walia, Anand Kumar Sharma, Naresh Kumar, Rajiv Kumar

“…El monitoreo de radón en Palampur y Dalhousie, en los valles de Kangra y Chamba, utiliza la emanometría por medición discreta de radón desde 1992, dentro del programa de Sismicidad del Himalaya del gobierno de la India. Se observa una correlación en ambas regiones investigadas con el número de microtemblores registrados por el Departamento de Meteorología de la India en el período 1992-1997. …”
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