Climate change and adaptation of mountain societies in Central Asia: uncertainties, knowledge gaps, and data constraints

S Xenarios, A Gafurov, D Schmidt-Vogt… - Regional Environmental …, 2019 - Springer
Mountain societies in developing and low-income countries are highly vulnerable to the
impacts of climate change, which can severely threaten their livelihoods. The situation of …

Environmental conservation in the Tibetan Plateau region: lessons for China's Belt and Road Initiative in the mountains of Central Asia

JM Foggin - Land, 2018 - mdpi.com
Environmental conservation has developed significantly in China over the past 20 years,
including more collaborative approaches and recent advances in establishing a national …

Drivers of change to mountain sustainability in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

Y Wang, N Wu, C Kunze, R Long, M Perlik - The Hindu Kush Himalaya …, 2019 - Springer
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Need of energy transition at roof of the world: Correlative approach to interpret energy identity of high-altitude Central Asian communities

K Mehta, M Ehrenwirth, W Zörner… - Energy for Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The high-altitude Central Asian communities (mainly from rural Tajikistan and
Kyrgyzstan) face a high degree of energy complexity. The thematic knowledge clearly …

Crop diversification in the Aral sea region: long-term situation analysis

I Rustamova, A Primov, A Karimov, B Khaitov… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Agriculture contributes the most to the economy and provides agro-ecological benefits in the
environmentally unsustainable Aral Sea region, but its productivity is steadily dropping. To …

Measurements meet human observations: integrating distinctive ways of knowing in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan to assess local climate change

I Haag, KA Kassam, T Senftl, H Zandler, C Samimi - Climatic Change, 2021 - Springer
In mountain environments dimensions of climate change are unclear because of limited
availability of meteorological stations. However, there is a necessity to assess the scope of …

[HTML][HTML] Agricultural production at the oblast level in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, 1990–2014: Implications of demographic and climate changes

G Chi, J Gao, D Wang, A Hagedorn… - Research in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Increasing agricultural production is essential for reducing food insecurity, which continues
to be a major challenge faced by many developing countries. Here, we examine agricultural …

Ecological calendars of the Pamir Mountains: Illustrating the importance of context‐specificity for food security

AL Ullmann, I Haag, U Bulbulshoev - GeoHealth, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Communities in the Pamir Mountains of Central Asia are among the most
vulnerable to climate change due to their geographic location and subsistence‐based …

Developing co-management for conservation and local development in China's national parks: findings from focus group discussions in the Sanjiangyuan Region

T Ma, B Swallow, JM Foggin, W Sang… - Frontiers in Conservation …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Environmental protection in China has progressed significantly in the past decades,
including introduction of more collaborative approaches in the management of protected …

Assessment of local adaptive capacity of mountain farmers: a way forward for sustainable livelihood development

R Chandra, VP Uniyal - Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This study aims to understand the perception of mountain farmers towards the local adaptive
capacity at a household level in an agro-ecological landscape. An indicator-based …