Global climate change is affecting biodiversity and ecological processes. We coupled a general circulation model that uses global datasets with terrain-based analyses to identify potential climate refugia in two conservation landscapes in Nepal for climate changeintegrated conservation planning. The results indicate that lower and mid-montane forests are vulnerable to climate change, but the temperate upper montane and subalpine forests are more resilient and represent macrorefugia. However, the terrain-based analysis indicates persistence of climate microrefugia in the lower and mid-mountains. Conservation strategies should prioritize the larger climate-resilient forests as macrorefugia, but also include the microrefugia in landscape conservation plans.
Original Source [2]
Technology Partners: MimirTech
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/assessing-climate-change-impacts-forest-ecosystems-landscape-scale-spatial-planning
[2] http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/110/03/0345.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/gokarna-jung-thapa
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/eric-wikramanayake
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/shant-raj-jnawali-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/current-science
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-impacts
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nepal
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecosystems
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-asia
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/eastern-himalaya
