Declining large-cardamom production systems in the Sikkim Himalayas: climate change impacts, agroeconomic potential, and revival strategies

G Sharma, U Partap, DR Dahal, DP Sharma… - Mountain Research and …, 2016 - BioOne
Large cardamom (Amomum subulatum) is an economically valuable, ecologically adaptive,
and agro-climatically suitable perennial cash crop grown under tree shade in the eastern …

Assessment of spatio-temporal changes of land surface temperature (LST) in Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve (KBR), India using Landsat satellite image and single …

N Sahani - Remote Sensing Applications: Society and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Land surface temperature (LST) is known as skin temperature of the earth surface and it is
used for analyzing the energy balance and thermal flux of the earth surface. The rise of …

Identification of the multiple causes of recent series of landslides and related damage by extreme rainfall and GLOF in Sikkim Himalaya, India, during October 2023

S Saha, B Bera, S Bhattacharjee, D Ghosh, L Tamang… - Landslides, 2024 - Springer
Flash flood after the breaching of South Lhonak Lake (glacier lake outburst flood (GLOF))
along with prolonged rainfall event in the first week of October 2023 significantly triggered …

Water management systems of two towns in the Eastern Himalaya: case studies of Singtam in Sikkim and Kalimpong in West Bengal states of India

G Sharma, C Namchu, K Nyima, M Luitel, S Singh… - Water Policy, 2020 - iwaponline.com
This study examines the water supply systems, their sociopolitical dynamics, and the future
of water management in two Indian towns in the Eastern Himalaya, Kalimpong in West …

Farmers perception and awareness of climate change: a case study from Kanchandzonga Biosphere Reserve, India

G Shukla, A Kumar, NA Pala, S Chakravarty - Environment, development …, 2016 - Springer
This study was an attempt to document the indigenous Lepcha people's perception on
climate change-related issues in five villages of Dzongu Valley located in Kanchandzonga …

Climate perceptions of local communities validated through scientific signals in Sikkim Himalaya, India

RK Sharma, DG Shrestha - Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2016 - Springer
Sikkim, a tiny Himalayan state situated in the north-eastern region of India, records limited
research on the climate change. Understanding the changes in climate based on the …

Achieving water security in rural Indian Himalayas: a participatory account of challenges and potential solutions

SM Sen, A Kansal - Journal of environmental management, 2019 - Elsevier
The complex and diverse factors that influence water security in the Indian Himalayan
Region were examined using problem and solution tree (PAST) mapping together with a …

Pastoral practices, pressures, and human-wildlife relations in high altitude rangelands of eastern Himalaya: A case study of the Dokpa pastoralists of North Sikkim

NM Luxom, R Singh, L Theengh, P Shrestha… - Pastoralism, 2022 - Springer
The pastoral practices of the Dokpa herders of North Sikkim have been transforming in
response to the geo-political and socio-economic changes in the region. Against the …

Trends in major and minor meteorological variables and their influence on reference evapotranspiration for mid Himalayan region at east Sikkim, India

S Yadav, P Deb, S Kumar, V Pandey… - Journal of Mountain …, 2016 - Springer
Estimation of evapotranspiration (ET) for mountain ecosystem is of absolute importance
since it serves as an important component in balancing the hydrologic cycle. The present …

AHP-based spatial analysis of water quality impact assessment due to change in vehicular traffic caused by highway broadening in Sikkim Himalaya

P Banerjee, MK Ghose, R Pradhan - Applied Water Science, 2018 - Springer
Spatial analysis of water quality impact assessment of highway projects in mountainous
areas remains largely unexplored. A methodology is presented here for Spatial Water …