Climate warming in the Himalayas threatens biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and ecosystem services in the 21st century: is there a better solution?

GR Kattel - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2022 - Springer
Biodiversity losses can lead to global environmental crisis. Humans utilize biodiversity for a
variety of ecosystem services. However, what drives biodiversity losses have become a …

[HTML][HTML] Changing discourses in the third pole: A systematic review of climate change impact on biodiversity in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

N Chettri, B Adhikari, S Chaudhary, K Wangchuk - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change has emerged as one of the major threats to biodiversity and the Hindu Kush
Himalaya (HKH) is facing the challenges due to a higher rate of elevation dependent …

Climate change‐induced distributional change of medicinal and aromatic plants in the Nepal Himalaya

UB Shrestha, P Lamsal, SK Ghimire… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) contribute to human well‐being via health and
economic benefits. Nepal has recorded 2331 species of MAPs, of which around 300 species …

Impact of climate change on distribution of common leopard (Panthera pardus) and its implication on conservation and conflict in Nepal

K Baral, B Adhikari, S Bhandari, RM Kunwar… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Climate change is projected to create alterations in species distributions over the planet. The
common leopard (Panthera pardus) serves an important ecological function as a member of …

[HTML][HTML] Distribution of important medicinal plant species in Nepal under past, present, and future climatic conditions

RM Kunwar, KB Thapa-Magar, SC Subedi, DH Kutal… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change is causing shifts in the habitat, distribution, ecology, and phenology of
Himalayan plants. These changes are predicted to continue, jeopardizing the survival of …

Farmers' perception of climate change and its impacts on agriculture

R Shrestha, B Rakhal, TR Adhikari, GR Ghimire… - Hydrology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Climate change and climate variability drive rapid glacier melt and snowpack loss, extreme
precipitation and temperature events, and alteration of water availability in the Himalayas …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change impacts: Vegetation shift of broad-leaved and coniferous forests

R Malla, PR Neupane, M Köhl - Trees, Forests and People, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change is a variation in temperature and precipitation for longer periods due to
global warming. It has an impact on tree species distribution, composition and diversity of …

Projected distribution and climate refugia of endangered Kashmir musk deer Moschus cupreus in greater Himalaya, South Asia

PB Singh, K Mainali, Z Jiang, A Thapa, N Subedi… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Kashmir musk deer Moschus cupreus (KMD) are the least studied species of musk deer. We
compiled genetically validated occurrence records of KMD to construct species distribution …

Unpacking future climate extremes and their sectoral implications in western Nepal

D Chapagain, S Dhaubanjar, L Bharati - Climatic Change, 2021 - Springer
Existing climate projections and impact assessments in Nepal only consider a limited
number of generic climate indices such as means. Few studies have explored climate …

Climate change in Nepal: a comprehensive analysis of instrumental data and people's perceptions

UB Shrestha, AM Shrestha, S Aryal, S Shrestha… - Climatic Change, 2019 - Springer
Despite broad scientific consensus on climate change, public views may not always
correspond with scientific findings. Understanding public perceptions of climate change is …