Habitat distribution modeling of endangered medicinal plant Picrorhiza kurroa (Royle ex Benth) under climate change scenarios in Uttarakhand Himalaya, India

N Rawat, S Purohit, V Painuly, GS Negi, MPS Bisht - Ecological Informatics, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change has been the key factor in changing the alpine vegetation's habitat and
causing it to migrate to higher latitudes. The present study aims to model the current and …

Early signals of climate change impacts on alpine plant diversity in Indian Himalaya

KC Sekar, N Thapliyal, P Bhojak, K Bisht… - Biodiversity and …, 2024 - Springer
As the global climate scenario is leading towards warmer and dryer conditions, mountain
ecosystems and their biota are among the most vulnerable because they are determined by …

[HTML][HTML] Quantification of ecosystem services providing socio-economic benefits to customary owners of natural resources in Pauri, western Himalaya

SK Jha, AK Negi, JM Alatalo - Current Research in Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change has negative consequences for the biophysical environment and an
observable impact on flows of ecosystem services. Considering the high relevance of …

Forest degradation index: A tool for forest vulnerability assessment in Indian Western Himalaya

SK Jha, AK Negi, JM Alatalo, V Prabhu, MB Jha… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The global climate is showing altered temperatures and precipitation levels. Forests can be
a stabilizing force in climate change. They regulate the nutrient cycle, protect species and …

Debris flow simulation and modeling of the 2021 flash flood hazard caused by a rock-ice avalanche in the Rishiganga River valley of Uttarakhand

G Singh, M Rawat, A Pandey - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2023 - Springer
The high mountain ecosystem of the Indian Himalayas has frequently been experiencing
primary hazards (like earthquakes, avalanches, and landslides). Often, these events are …

Prioritization of Socio-Ecological Indicators for Adaptation Action in Pauri District of Western Himalaya

SK Jha, AK Negi, RS Negi, JM Alatalo, MB Jha - World, 2023 - mdpi.com
Socio-ecological systems have increasingly faced climate-change impacts, which have
adversely affected the lives and property of inhabitants. The present study aims to prioritize …

Chasing the ghosts: stories of people left behind on the frontline of climate and ecological crisis

A Rai - South African Journal of Psychology, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Human-induced global climate change is associated with population migration as places
become uninhabitable. Uttarakhand is one of India's most ecologically fragile and …

Climate Change Impacts on the Higher Altitude Forests of Indian Himalayan Regions: Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction

A Chakraborty, P Saikia - The Palgrave Handbook of Socio-ecological …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Indian Himalayan regions (IHRs) with a heterogeneous landscape and one of
the largest elevational and climatic gradients on Earth, occupy a particular place among the …

Quantification of ecosystem services providing socio-economic benefits to customary owners of natural resources in Pauri, western Himalaya

J Shashidhar Kumar, AK Negi, JM Alatalo - 2022 - qspace.qu.edu.qa
Climate change has negative consequences for the biophysical environment and an
observable impact on flows of ecosystem services. Considering the high relevance of …

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SK Jha, AK Negi, JM Alatalo, V Prabhu, MB Jha… - 2022 - academia.edu
The global climate is showing altered temperatures and precipitation levels. Forests can be
a stabilizing force in climate change. They regulate the nutrient cycle, protect species and …