Given the increasing vulnerabilities and adverse effects of climate change, the development
and implementation of adaptation strategies is essential. This is particularly so for Nepal …

Climate change profoundly impacts Himalayan communities, jeopardizing food security
across all dimensions: availability, accessibility, utilization, and stability. However, existing …

Animal husbandry of agropastoral communities in the mountainous region of Leh, Ladakh,
has been transformed in response to socio-economic and geo-political changes. This study …

Because of the influence of climate change and human activities, an in-depth analysis of
land use/cover change (LUCC) and its drivers in Nepal is important for local community …

Pastoralists have managed their lands for a thousand years, but they are ignored in the land
management approaches. They have comprehensive information about their rangelands …

Among the many global drivers of ecosystem degradation, the long-term impact of livestock
settlements on vegetation patterns and composition, and is one of the greatest hurdles to …

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 …

Background Pastoralists' sedentarisation and agriculturalisation might increase their
vulnerability to climate change impacts, but few studies have investigated if this is the case …

Pastoral practices throughout the world are in a state of flux, and Gaddi pastoralism in India's
Western Himalayas is no exception. Often in literature and common parlance, these …

Quantifying the spatiotemporal dynamic of potential evapotranspiration (PET) in
topographically complex country are often limited by the scarcity and difficulty in obtaining …