09-01-2017, 03:08 PM
Climate Change & Himalayan Ecosystem impact, vulnerability and adaptation
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CLIMATE CHANGE
One of the most important global
environmental challenges
Impacts needed to be understood &
assessed
Vulnerability needed to be addressed
Adaptation needed to be initiated
CLIMATE CHANGE
One of the most important global
environmental challenges
Impacts needed to be understood &
assessed
Vulnerability needed to be addressed
Adaptation needed to be initiated
Geophysical
Landslides & Avalanches
Change in rainfall and snowfall
Frequency of storm, fogs
Floods and Droughts
Change in vegetation
Present distribution of species in highelevation
ecosystems is projected to shift to
higher elevations
Weedy species with a wide ecological
tolerance will have an advantage over
others
The variety of alpine plants that grow in the
high-altitude has been rapidly reduced