scholarly journals Floristic Diversity of the Himalaya in Relation to Climate Change: Status, Values and Conservation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. S. Samant
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Himalayan Region ◽  
Floristic Diversity ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Indian Himalayan Region ◽  
North West ◽  
West Himalaya ◽  
Unique Species ◽  
Wild Edibles

The Himalayan region is very well known for the unique ecosystems. The Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) forms the major part of the Himalayan region. The vegetation along an altitudinal gradient comprises of tropical, sub-tropical, temperate, sub-alpine and alpine types and supports a great variety of forests with unique species that vary from east to west and from low to high altitudes. The present study is based on the review of literature and surveys in some parts of the IHR. A total of 10,503 species (10,452 species of Angiosperms and 51 species of Gymnosperms) are reported from the Himalayan region. The Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) represents 18,940 species of plants representing Angiosperms, Gymnosperms, Pteridophytes, Bryophytes, Lichens, and Fungi. A total of 6745 species of Angiosperms (604 trees, 1049 shrubs & 5092 herbs) belonging to 225 families, 1768 genera are recorded from the Trans, North-West and West Himalaya based on surveys and review of literature. Diversity of the orchids, medicinal plants, wild edibles, other economically important plants, factors affecting floristic diversity, impact of climate change and conservation initiatives have been discussed. Appropriate strategy is suggested for the conservation and management of floristic diversity.

Agroecology as a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy for Smallholders of Tehri-Garhwal in the Indian Himalayan Region

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajiv Pandey ◽  
Roberta Aretano ◽  
Ajay K. Gupta ◽  
Dhanraj Meena ◽  
Bhuvnesh Kumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Adaptation Strategy ◽  
Himalayan Region ◽  
Indian Himalayan Region

scholarly journals Analysis of Climate change from high elevation sites of North West Himalaya based on tree ring data

1970 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Santosh K Shah ◽  
Amalava Bhattacharyya ◽  
Vandana Chaudhary
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Tree Ring ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
North West ◽  
West Himalaya ◽  
Tree Ring Data

DOI = 10.3126/hjs.v5i7.1320 Himalayan Journal of Sciences Vol.5(7) (Special Issue) 2008 p.138

Diversity, Distribution Pattern, Indigenous Uses and Conservation of the Economically Important Floristic Diversity in Shikari Devi Wildlife Sanctuary, North Western Himalaya, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-126
Author(s):  
Monika Bodh ◽  
Sher Samant ◽  
Lalit Tewari ◽  
Vijay Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Distribution Pattern ◽  
Western Himalaya ◽  
Himalayan Region ◽  
Floristic Diversity ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
Indian Himalayan Region ◽  
Indigenous Uses ◽  
North Western

The present paper is an attempt to assess the ethnobotanical floristic diversity of Shikari Devi Wildlife Sanctuary, located in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh.Two species (i.e., Pimpinella acuminata and Scrophularia himalensis) were found endemic to the Indian Himalayan Region.

scholarly journals Climate Change Impacts on Glacier-fed and Non-glacier-Fed Ecosystems of the Indian Himalayan Region: People’s Perception and Adaptive Strategies

2021 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. 888
Author(s):  
Jagdish Chandra Kuniyal ◽  
Nidhi Kanwar ◽  
Ajay Singh Bhoj ◽  
Kuldeep Singh Rautela ◽  
Pramod Joshi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Adaptive Strategies ◽  
Himalayan Region ◽  
Indian Himalayan Region ◽  
People’S Perception

scholarly journals Climate Change, Cryosphere and Impacts in the Indian Himalayan Region

2021 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. 774
Author(s):  
A. P. Dimri ◽  
S. Allen ◽  
C. Huggel ◽  
S. Mal ◽  
J. A. Ballesteros-Cánovas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Himalayan Region ◽  
Indian Himalayan Region

scholarly journals Indicator-Based Assessment of Resilience and Vulnerability in the Indian Himalayan Region: A Case Study on Socio-Economy under Different Scenarios

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 6938
Author(s):  
Soumya Dasgupta ◽  
Ruchi Badola
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Himalayan Region ◽  
Climate Projections ◽  
Mean Annual Temperature ◽  
Good Representation ◽  
Climate Change Scenarios ◽  
Indian Himalayan Region ◽  
Socioeconomic Vulnerability ◽  
Change In Mean

The Indian Himalayan region is vulnerable to climate change because of its geospatial fragility. The present study gives a framework for the analysis of household and village-level resilience and vulnerability in the Bhagirathi Basin of Indian Western Himalayan region under different climate change scenarios. Villages were selected depending on different biophysical criteria to have a good representation of the study area. Household-level survey using the household economy approach was done in 646 households of 30 villages to collect information on indicators of natural, physical, financial and human capital assets and scores were generated for each category. A cumulative resilience score was obtained for each household and village. Future climate projections on mean annual temperature were also accessed under Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 4.5 to estimate the change in mean temperature of the studied villages and probable change in agricultural production. The result shows that most of the villages of Tehri Garhwal are clustered in vulnerable classes in comparison to Uttarkashi villages and vulnerability scores of 11 and 8 villages changed under climate shock and future agricultural production change scenarios, respectively. The study has manifold implications on further research and policy implementation under socioeconomic vulnerability in the Himalayan region.

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