The Asian Highlands, the vast mountainous area from Pakistan to China including the Hindu‐Kush Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau, have considerable global importance; they are the source of most of the major rivers of Asia, which sustain billions of downstream dwellers, are part of four Global Biodive...
Xu, J. C.
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Grumbine, R. Edward
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[Building ecosystem resilience for climate change adaptation in the Asian highlands.]
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Building ecosystem resilience for climate change adaptation in the Asian highlands.
Indian Himalayan basins are earmarked for widespread dam building, but aggregate effects of these dams on terrestrial ecosystems are unknown. We mapped distribution of 292 dams (under construction and proposed) and projected effects of these dams on terrestrial ecosystems under different scenario...
Pandit, R
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Grumbine, R. Edward
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[Potential effects of ongoing and proposed hydropower development on terrestrial biodiversity in the Indian Himalaya]
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Potential effects of ongoing and proposed hydropower development on terrestrial biodiversity in the Indian Himalaya
Southwest China s Yunnan province has been affected throughout history by climate-induced water stresses, with the 2009 drought as a recent example. To deal with such stresses, mountain farmers have developed many local coping strategies. This paper provides case studies of these coping mechanism...
Su Y
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Xu, Jianchu
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Wilkes, Andreas
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Lu J
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Li Q
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Fu Y
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Ma X
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Grumbine, R. Edward
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[Coping with climate-induced water stresses through time and space in the mountains of Southwest China]
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Coping with climate-induced water stresses through time and space in the mountains of Southwest China
The Mekong River is the longest watercourse in Southeast Asia. Although China has an extensive hydropower program underway on the Upper Mekong, as yet there are no dams on the river�s lower mainstream. However, as many as 12 additional projects, which would generate substantial energy and wealth ...
Grumbine, R. Edward
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Dore, John
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Jianchu Xu
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[Mekong hydropower: drivers of change and governance challenges]
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Mekong hydropower: drivers of change and governance challenges
New hybrid forms of climate change adaptation combining local and nonlocal/scientific knowledge are emerging across the Asian Highlands region. Yet, while local adaptive capacity can be based on place-based knowledge that governments often lack, communities still need assistance from states to be...
Xu, Jianchu
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Grumbine, R. Edward
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[Integrating local hybrid knowledge and state support for climate change adaptation in the Asian Highlands]
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Integrating local hybrid knowledge and state support for climate change adaptation in the Asian Highlands