Land use intensification and its ecological impacts, in Himalayas of India - Lessons for scenario development in mountainous regions

Proceedings, 31st International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, ISRSE 2005: Global Monitoring for Sustainability and Security

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Nautiyal, S ^a   Rajan, K S ^a   Shibasaki, R ^a   Rao, K S ^b   Maikhuri, R K ^c   Bisht, I S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES   (India)

Author keywords

Conservation and management; Environment; Himalaya; Traditional land use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; ENVIRONMENT; HIMALAYAS; LAND-USE SYSTEMS; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT;

CROPS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84879707110     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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