Rural household energy consumption in the millennium villages in Sub-Saharan Africa

E Adkins, K Oppelstrup, V Modi - Energy for Sustainable Development, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper summarizes the main findings regarding household energy use from nearly 3000
households across 10 different rural agro-ecological locations in Sub-Saharan Africa. The …

Vulnerability of forests in the Himalayan region to climate change impacts and anthropogenic disturbances: a systematic review

A Chakraborty, S Saha, K Sachdeva… - Regional Environmental …, 2018 - Springer
The Himalayan region is not only threatened by rapid changes in anthropogenic activities
but also by global climate change. Given the uncertainties of magnitude and characteristics …

Sustaining biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

J Xu, R Badola, N Chettri, RP Chaudhary… - The Hindu Kush …, 2019 - Springer
Mountains make up 24% of the world's land area, are home to 20% of the world's
population, provide 60–80% of the world's fresh water, and harbour 50% of the world's …

The carbon budget of South Asia

PK Patra, JG Canadell, RA Houghton, SL Piao… - …, 2013 - bg.copernicus.org
The source and sinks of carbon dioxide (CO 2) and methane (CH 4) due to anthropogenic
and natural biospheric activities were estimated for the South Asian region (Bangladesh …

Quantification and valuation of forest ecosystem services in the western Himalayan region of India

G Joshi, GCS Negi - … of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
In the western Himalayan region (Uttarakhand State in India), oak (Quercus
leucotrichophora) and pine (Pinus roxburghii) are the two major forest ecosystems. Because …

Ecological effects of small-scale cutting of Philippine mangrove forests

BB Walters - Forest Ecology and Management, 2005 - Elsevier
Small-scale wood harvesting is one of the most ubiquitous forms of resource-use in the
tropics, yet ecologists have barely studied it. This paper examines the effects of small-scale …

Patterns of local wood use and cutting of Philippine mangrove forests

BB Walters - Economic Botany, 2005 - Springer
Small-scale wood harvesting from mangrove forests is a commonplace yet barely studied
phenomenon. This paper integrates bio-ecological and ethnographic methods to examine …

Assessment of fuelwood diversity and consumption patterns in cold desert part of Indian Himalaya: implication for conservation and quality of life

VS Negi, BC Joshi, R Pathak, RS Rawal… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
A plethora of information is available on biomass utilization for household energy need in
different parts of world; however such information in cold desert region is very limited. The …

Comparative study of fuelwood consumption by villagers and seasonal “Dhaba owners” in the tourist affected regions of Garhwal Himalaya, India

G Singh, GS Rawat, D Verma - Energy policy, 2010 - Elsevier
The rural inhabitants of the Himalayan region have been exploiting forest resources for their
livelihood for generations. The excessive and uncontrolled use of firewood for domestic …

How global climate change and regional disturbance can expand the invasion risk? Case study of Lantana camara invasion in the Himalaya

NA Mungi, NC Coops, K Ramesh, GS Rawat - Biological Invasions, 2018 - Springer
Presently, it is debated if regional conservation efforts can alone resolve the ecological
problems that global climatic changes could bring. Biological invasion is one of such …