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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
The melting Himalayas: Cascading effects of climate change on water, biodiversity, and livelihoods
Conservation Biology, Volume 23, No. 3, Year 2009
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The Greater Himalayas hold the largest mass of ice outside polar regions and are the source of the 10 largest rivers in Asia. Rapid reduction in the volume of Himalayan glaciers due to climate change is occurring. The cascading effects of rising temperatures and loss of ice and snow in the region are affecting, for example, water availability (amounts, seasonality), biodiversity (endemic species, predator-prey relations), ecosystem boundary shifts (tree-line movements, high-elevation ecosystem changes), and global feedbacks (monsoonal shifts, loss of soil carbon). Climate change will also have environmental and social impacts that will likely increase uncertainty in water supplies and agricultural production for human populations across Asia. A common understanding of climate change needs to be developed through regional and local-scale research so that mitigation and adaptation strategies can be identified and implemented. The challenges brought about by climate change in the Greater Himalayas can only be addressed through increased regional collaboration in scientific research and policy making. © 2009 Society for Conservation Biology.
Authors & Co-Authors
Xu, Jianchu
China, Kunming
Kunming Institute of Botany
Kenya, Nairobi
World Agroforestry Centre
Grumbine, R. Edward
United States, Prescott
Prescott College
Shrestha, Arun
Nepal, Kathmandu
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development Nepal
Eriksson, Mats
Nepal, Kathmandu
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development Nepal
Yang, Xuefei
China, Kunming
Kunming Institute of Botany
Wang, Yun
China, Kunming
Kunming Institute of Botany
Wilkes, Andreas
Kenya, Nairobi
World Agroforestry Centre
Statistics
Citations: 840
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01237.x
ISSN:
08888892
e-ISSN:
15231739
Research Areas
Environmental
Health System And Policy