Climate Change & Himalayan Ecosystem – impact, vulnerability and adaptation
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CLIMATE CHANGE
One of the most important global
environmental challenges
Impacts needed to be understood &
assessed
Vulnerability needed to be addressed
Adaptation needed to be initiated


CLIMATE CHANGE
One of the most important global
environmental challenges
Impacts needed to be understood &
assessed
Vulnerability needed to be addressed
Adaptation needed to be initiated


Geophysical
• Landslides & Avalanches
• Change in rainfall and snowfall
• Frequency of storm, fogs
• Floods and Droughts


Change in vegetation
• Present distribution of species in highelevation
ecosystems is projected to shift to
higher elevations
• Weedy species with a wide ecological
tolerance will have an advantage over
others
• The variety of alpine plants that grow in the
high-altitude has been rapidly reduced