Actions to halt biodiversity loss generally benefit the climate

YJ Shin, GF Midgley, ERM Archer, A Arneth… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The two most urgent and interlinked environmental challenges humanity faces are climate
change and biodiversity loss. We are entering a pivotal decade for both the international …

Are Himalayan ecosystems facing hidden collapse? Assessing the drivers and impacts of change to aid conservation, restoration and conflict resolution challenges

S Dhyani - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2023 - Springer
The Himalayas are a global hotspot for biodiversity and endemism, and yet the health of its
natural ecosystems is deteriorating rapidly. Natural ecosystems across the Himalayas are …

[HTML][HTML] Operational flood mapping using multi-temporal Sentinel-1 SAR images: A case study from Bangladesh

K Uddin, MA Matin, FJ Meyer - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
Bangladesh is one of the most flood-affected countries in the world. In the last few decades,
flood frequency, intensity, duration, and devastation have increased in Bangladesh …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitatively assessing the future land-use/land-cover changes and their driving factors in the upper stream of the Awash River based on the CA–markov …

MH Daba, S You - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite the rapid economic and population growth, the risks related to the current dynamics
of land use and land cover (LULC) have attracted a lot of attention in Ethiopia. Therefore, a …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of rapid urban expansion on green space structure

ANM Nor, R Corstanje, JA Harris, T Brewer - Ecological Indicators, 2017 - Elsevier
Rapid urban expansion has had a significant impact on green space structure. A wide
variety of modelling approaches have been tested to simulate urban expansion; however …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[PDF][PDF] Future smart food

X Li, KHM Siddique - … of neglected and underutilized species for …, 2018 - researchgate.net
Nepal is situated from 26 22'N to 30 27'N and 80 04'E to 88 12'E and covers 141 181 sq km.
The country is divided into five physiographic zones extending from east to west: High …

[HTML][HTML] Estimation of soil erosion dynamics in the Koshi basin using GIS and remote sensing to assess priority areas for conservation

K Uddin, MSR Murthy, SM Wahid, MA Matin - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
High levels of water-induced erosion in the transboundary Himalayan river basins are
contributing to substantial changes in basin hydrology and inundation. Basin-wide …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of land-use/land-cover change and forest fragmentation in the Garhwal Himalayan Region of India

AK Batar, T Watanabe, A Kumar - Environments, 2017 - mdpi.com
The Garhwal Himalaya has experienced extensive deforestation and forest fragmentation,
but data and documentation detailing this transformation of the Himalaya are limited. The …

Contribution of ecosystem services to rural livelihoods in a changing landscape: a case study from the Eastern Himalaya

N Chettri, K Aryal, S Thapa, K Uddin, P Kandel, S Karki - Land Use Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Ecosystem services (ES), or tangible and intangible goods and services from nature, are an
integral part of the rural economy in Nepal. However, there is limited recognition of their …