Proceedings of the international mountain biodiversity conference : biodiversity conservation and management for enhanced ecosystem services : responding to the challenges of global change, Kathmandu, 16-18 November 2008 / technical editor Eklabya Sharma.

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Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: foreword—Preface—Acronyms and abbreviations—Summary—1. Introduction—2. Inaugural session—3. Plenary session I : climate change and its implications for mountain biodiversity—4. Plenary session II : biodiversity management for economic goods and ecosystem services from mountains—5. Plenary session III : institutionalizing long-term continuity in mountain research programmes—6. Technical working groups : parallel sessions—7. Plenary session IV : reports of group work—8. Plenary session V (part 1) : responses from the global programmes—9. Plenary session V (part 2) : responses of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan countries—10. Plenary session VI : the way forward.

Summary: “The HKH region is one of the largest and most understudied mountain regions in the world and one where the effects of global change are becoming apparent at an ever increasing rate. While there is a growing body of anecdotal evidence that strongly suggests that the mountain ecosystems and biodiversity that form the basis of local livelihoods are threatened by changing conditions, the hard data needed to substantiate what seems to be probable and plausible is sorely lacking. The mountainous regions of the eight countries that share the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region share similar terrain, biological diversity, and climatic conditions and face the same challenges from global change…”—(page summary).

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