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Wetlands and agriculture in Southern Iceland The strait lines of agriculture fields are contrasting with the natural forms of wet grasslands with numerous water pools.

By Peter Prokosch

Eroding abandoned farmland, Sagarmatha National Park, Himalaya, Nepal Including the highest point on the Earth’s Surface, Mount Sagarmatha (Everest; 8,848 m) and an elevation range of 6,000 m Sagarmatha National Park (SNP) covers an area of 124,400 hectares in the Solu-Khumbu district of N...

By Peter Prokosch

Nepalese township Climate change is believed to contribute to extreme weather events and possibly to increase the frequency and magnitude of natural hazards and associated disasters, exacting high economic and social costs. Recent...

By Lawrence Hislop

Crop in Nepal Downstream impacts of changes in water flow from high mountain glaciers may affect different aspects of human livelihoods. The agricultural and food production systems will be affected by water stress. UNDP (2006) ...

By Lawrence Hislop

Agricultural land, Nepal Predicting the future response of mountain glaciers is fraught with difficulty. The world’s mountain ranges encompass a huge range of topographic and climatic environments, and each glacier has a unique relationshi...

By Lawrence Hislop

agricultural land around the Himalyas Climate change scenarios for the next about 50 years project higher temperatures in the high Himalayas resulting in more rapid melting of the glaciers which are an important source of water of the Pakistani river...

By Lawrence Hislop

Agricultural land, Nepal Changes in glacier regimes and runoff from snow and ice, combined with changes in precipitation timing and intensity will most likely increase human vulnerability in many areas. Livelihoods are affected as climat...

By Lawrence Hislop

Agricultural land, Nepal The irrigated cropland in the basins of the Asian rivers originating in the Himalayas that are most dependent upon the mountains for water flow, comprises approximately 857,830,000 ha. Water from the Hindu Kush-Himala...

By Lawrence Hislop

Agricultural produce, Nepal Given the high level of uncertainty regarding future runoff levels, and also the highly variable contribution of glacial water and snowmelt from the mountains, future agricultural production faces significant uncer...

By Lawrence Hislop

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