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DOI	10.1007/s12040-021-01775-z
	Vulnerability assessment of forest ecosystems focusing on climate change, hazards and anthropogenic pressures in the cold desert of Kinnaur district, northwestern Indian Himalaya
	Kanwar, Nidhi; Kuniyal, Jagdish Chandra
通讯作者	Kuniyal, JC (corresponding author)，GB Pant Natl Inst Himalayan Environm, Almora 263643, Uttarakhand, India.
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE
ISSN	2347-4327
EISSN	0973-774X
出版年	2022
卷号	131 期号:1
英文摘要	Forest resources are the primary livelihood sources for native communities. These are rich in biodiversity, hence are accredited as the green pearl of the Himalayan region. This life-supporting system is under great biotic stress and has become vulnerable due to an ever-increasing anthropogenic pressure. This study, therefore, aims to identify critically assessing indicators, their role in forest degradation of Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh in terms of climate, hazards and anthropogenic activities using prioritisation matrix survey. Interview of the communities, direct field observation, secondary data sources, Global Positioning System (GPS) surveys, and Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System (RS&GIS) applications have been the major tools and techniques used in this study. The results showed that a total of 49.64 km(2) area is under stress and the forest ecosystem has become vulnerable due to landslides and soil erosion among forest and non-forest land use and land cover classes. Similarly, climatic variability was also found to be high in the study area. The construction of hydropower projects has caused rampant felling of large trees at both the dam and powerhouse sites leading to frequent landslides and soil erosion. Besides, the study area has been hit by earthquakes more than 28 times from 1964 to 2009 with a magnitude of >4.0 on the Richter scale. These incidences, directly or indirectly, have, therefore, an impact on forest vulnerability and biodiversity loss.
英文关键词	Forest hazards climatic variability vulnerability indicators Indian Himalaya
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000754367700001
WOS关键词	HIMACHAL-PRADESH ; LANDSLIDE HAZARD ; SATLUJ CATCHMENT ; IMPACT ; EARTHQUAKE ; AREA
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary ; Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS研究方向	Geology ; Science & Technology - Other Topics
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/376237
作者单位	[Kanwar, Nidhi; Kuniyal, Jagdish Chandra] GB Pant Natl Inst Himalayan Environm, Almora 263643, Uttarakhand, India
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kanwar, Nidhi,Kuniyal, Jagdish Chandra. Vulnerability assessment of forest ecosystems focusing on climate change, hazards and anthropogenic pressures in the cold desert of Kinnaur district, northwestern Indian Himalaya[J],2022,131(1).
APA	Kanwar, Nidhi,&Kuniyal, Jagdish Chandra.(2022).Vulnerability assessment of forest ecosystems focusing on climate change, hazards and anthropogenic pressures in the cold desert of Kinnaur district, northwestern Indian Himalaya.JOURNAL OF EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE,131(1).
MLA	Kanwar, Nidhi,et al."Vulnerability assessment of forest ecosystems focusing on climate change, hazards and anthropogenic pressures in the cold desert of Kinnaur district, northwestern Indian Himalaya".JOURNAL OF EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE 131.1(2022).