Mountains in the Changing World
A special issue of Environments (ISSN 2076-3298).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2016) | Viewed by 18722
Special Issue Editors
Interests: climate change; biodiversity conservation; ecosystem services
Interests: cloud and precipitation; mountain weather and climate; mountain hydrology; weather modification; climate change
Interests: wildlife biology; biodiversity conservation; protected area management
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Interests: landslides; flood; earthquake; disaster risk management; climate change; surface dynamics in the himalayas
Interests: atmospheric science; glaciers; hydrology
Interests: transhumance; rangeland; ecology; climate change; socio-ecological systems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Mountains around the world are the home of millions of people, the source of freshwater and other ecosystem services, as well as the repository of an incredible biodiversity. In recent decades, mountains have been experiencing unprecedented changes due to climate change, land use change, migration, and developmental activities. In this context, an international conference on ‘Mountains in the Changing World’ is organized that aims at providing a forum for scholars, researchers, policymakers, and students to share their research, knowledge and ideas about various issues of mountains. The conference will be held in 1–2 October, 2016, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
This Special Issue of Environments will publish selected full papers presented at the conference, as well as other submitted papers related to the various issues of mountains. Authors interested in submitting their manuscript for this Special Issue should email to Guest Editor, Uttam Babu Shrestha ([email protected]). We will consider manuscripts on the following issues:
- Disasters, resilience, and adaptation
- Biodiversity conservation
- Climate change
- Environmental pollution
- Forest management
- Soil, water, and atmospheric research
- Agriculture and agroecology
- Sustainable livelihood
- Policy for mountain resources and livelihood
- Socio-ecological systems
Dr. Uttam Babu Shrestha
Dr. Binod Pokharel
Dr. Achyut Aryal
Dr. Basanta Raj Adhikari
Dr. Loknath Adhikari
Dr. Suman Aryal
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Mountains
- Mountain biodiversity
- Mountain livelihoods
- Climate change
- Mountain people
- Mountain Agriculture
- Mountain forest
- Mountain Atmosphere
- Snow, Glacier and Water Resources
- Mountain Hydrology
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