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The State of Food (In)Security in the Trans-Himalaya, Upper-Mustang, Nepal

Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology, 2016
Food insecurity is a global issue, with higher prevalence of hunger in developing countries. Low crop yield and food production - due to difficult topography and traditional farming methods - combined with lower income; fluctuations in prices and supply,
Rishikesh Pandey
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Documenting traditional knowledge of the Trans-Himalaya: ethnic uses of plants in Drass valley, Ladakh [PDF]

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed
In Indian Trans-Himalaya, Drass is one of the coldest high-altitude areas which remain cut off from rest of the world for many months. In this geographically isolated region, a treasure trove of ethnobotanical knowledge has accumulated through ...
Sakina Banoo, A. H. Ganie, A. A. Khuroo
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Comprehensive assessment of snow leopard distribution and population in the Indian Trans-Himalaya, Ladakh: Standardizing methods for evidence-based conservation [PDF]

PLoS One
Effective conservation of threatened species depends on accurate scientific assessment of their occurrence and population status. This information is often lacking or has poor scientific reliability for low-density carnivores, such as snow leopards ...
Pankaj Raina, N. Mungi, Ujjwal Kumar, Aman Deep Rathi, N. Khan, Dimpi A. Patel, Anchal Bhasin, Shikha Bisht, Lex Hiby, B. Pandav, Mohd Sajid Sultan, J. Takpa, Y.V. Jhala   +12 more
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Early onset of aridity in the past millennium: Insights from vegetation dynamics and climate change in the alpine, cold-desert region of Trans Himalaya, India [PDF]

PLoS One
Palynological analysis of surface soil and sub-surface sediments from the outwash plain of Hamtah Glacier, Lahaul-Spiti, India, has brought out the vegetation and climatic changes in the area during the last 1580 years.
R. B. Mohanty, Amit K Mishra, Kriti Mishra, A. K. Yadava, M. F. Quamar, I. C. Barua, Ratan Kar   +6 more
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Chemical Profiling, Box–Behnken Optimisation, Antimicrobial Activity, and Molecular Docking Study of Z‐Ligustilide Rich Essential Oil From Himalayan Angelica glauca Edgew. [PDF]

Chemistry &Biodiversity, Volume 23, Issue 9, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Angelica glauca Edgew., a high‐altitude Himalayan medicinal plant, is an important source of bioactive essential oil rich in phthalide derivatives. The present study investigated the influence of environmental conditions and extraction parameters on essential oil yield and chemical composition, with particular emphasis on Z‐ligustilide ...
Balam Singh Bisht, Mahesh Chandra Vishwakarma, Prakash Chandra Mathpal, Jyoti Niwas Pant, Hemant Kumar Joshi, Himanshu Rawat, Chandra Shekhar Mathela   +6 more
wiley   +2 more sources

Cross-cultural ethnobotany of the Baltis and Shinas in the Kharmang district, Trans-Himalaya India-Pakistan border [PDF]

Heliyon
Human communities that inhabit the political borders live a transitional life, which is due to several socio-political and geo-climatic factors. The current cross-cultural ethnomedicinal study was conducted at the highly elevated Pakistan-India borders ...
B. Hussain, Zaheer Abbas, Jan Alam, Nidaa Harun, S. Khan, Z. Ahmad, Heesup Han, Sunghoon Yoo, A. Raposo   +8 more
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Floristic diversity in high-altitude wetlands of Ladakh Union Territory, Trans Himalaya, India [PDF]

Check List
This study records a total of 212 taxa (201 species and 11 varieties) in 131 genera and 37 families of flowering plants. The family Asteraceae dominated with 32 species and 17 genera, followed by Poaceae with 31 species and 21 genera.
Puja Bhojak, Dipti Dey, K. Chandra Sekar, Neha Thapliyal, Hemlata Danu   +4 more
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A range extension of Gentiana capitata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don subsp. harwanensis (G.Singh) Halda (Gentianaceae) to Ladakh Trans-Himalaya, India [PDF]

Check List, 2019
We collected Gentiana capitata subsp. harwanensis for the first time from Suru valley in Kargil district of Ladakh region, India, and thus extend this subspecies’ geographic distribution to the Trans-Himalayan biogeographic region.
Mohd Shabir, Anzar A. Khuroo, Priyanka Agnihotri, Jay Krishan Tiwari, Tariq Hussain   +4 more
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Sozio-Hydrologie des Trans-Himalaya – Schmelzwasserverfügbarkeit und Bewässerungslandwirtschaft

, 2020
Im trockenen Hochgebirge des Trans-Himalaya wird die Bewässerungslandwirtschaft durch Schmelzwasser aus Gletschern, Schneedecken und Permafrost gespeist. Da sich der Schmelzwasserabfluss aus den einzelnen Komponenten der Kryosphäre im Zuge des Klimawandels hinsichtlich der Menge und saisonalen Variabilität verändert, sind in den Hochgebirgsregionen ...
Nüsser, Marcus, Dame, Juliane, Schmidt, Susanne   +2 more
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Ecology and conservation of threatened medicinal plants in the Trans-Himalayan region of Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, Western Himalaya

Trees, Forests and People, 2023
The Trans-Himalayan region is home to valuable medicinal plants with therapeutic properties. However, overgrazing, excessive harvesting, habitat destruction, and climate change have led to a decline in their wild populations.

exaly   +3 more sources