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A pattern of livestock depredation by snow leopard to the yak herding pastoralist in western Bhutan
The pastoralists co-exist with wild predators and livestock depredation by predators causes an immense impact on the livelihood of the herders and...
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Household Conflicts with Snow Leopard Conservation and Impacts from Snow Leopards in the Everest and Annapurna Regions of Nepal
Impacts on households from large carnivores are frequently reported in the conservation literature, but conflicts between households and large...
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Assessing the Effectiveness of a Community-based Livestock Insurance Program
Financial mechanisms to mitigate the costs of negative human–carnivore interactions are frequently promoted to support human coexistence with...
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Increasing risks for emerging infectious diseases within a rapidly changing High Asia
The cold and arid mountains and plateaus of High Asia, inhabited by a relatively sparse human population, a high density of livestock, and wildlife...
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Building a Dream
This chapter continues to present interviews with ranchers in their own words. It is subtitled “Building a Dream” and presents interviews with two...
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Livestock depredation by snow leopard and Tibetan wolf: Implications for herders’ livelihoods in Wangchuck Centennial National Park, Bhutan
Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) is a serious problem in many parts of the world, and Bhutan’s Wangchuck Centennial National Park (WCNP) is no...
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Pastoral practices, pressures, and human-wildlife relations in high altitude rangelands of eastern Himalaya: A case study of the Dokpa pastoralists of North Sikkim
The pastoral practices of the Dokpa herders of North Sikkim have been transforming in response to the geo-political and socio-economic changes in the...
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Trouble in Paradise: Evaluating the Effects of Unorganized Tourism on the Himalayan Ecology
The Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) has drawn visitors and pilgrims from all over the world due to its towering peaks, majestic landscapes, rich...
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Himalayan Dam Projects in India and Their Implications: A Deep Dive into the Dhauliganga Hydropower Initiative
Indian Himalayan region represents a confluence of remarkable biodiversity that is challenged with develo** sustainable hydropower infrastructure....
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Free-ranging dogs are seriously threatening Himalayan environment: delineating the high-risk areas for curbing free-ranging dog infestation in the Trans-Himalayan region
It is becoming more widely recognised that free-ranging dogs, which have a nearly global distribution, threatening native wildlife. Their increasing...
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Climate change as a global amplifier of human–wildlife conflict
Climate change and human–wildlife conflict are both pressing challenges for biodiversity conservation and human well-being in the Anthropocene....
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The making of pastoralisms: An account of the Gaddis and Van Gujjars in the Indian Himalaya
The pastoral communities of the western and central Himalayas have, for centuries, presented the modern Indian state with a problem of governance (as...
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Harnessing Traditional Knowledge for Wildlife Conservation in the Ladakh Trans-Himalaya
The Trans-Himalayan rangelands of India, characterised by low plant biomassbiomass, support a surprisingly high diversity of faunafauna including...
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The Himalayas in the Anthropocene
This chapter provides an overview of the Himalayas in the Anthropocene era, which is characterized by significant human impacts on the environment....
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Exploring the Ramifications of Unorganized Tourism Practices and Associated Challenges in the Sikkim Himalayas Through Machine Learning Approach
Sikkim Himalayas serves as a prominent destination for tourists from across the globe, who come to experience its natural beauty and cultural...
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Effect of Individual and Combined Treatments of Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Salt on Growth and Corticosterone Levels of Larval Southern Leopard Frogs (Lithobates sphenocephala)
Human activities have introduced a variety of chemicals, including pesticides, fertilizers, and salt, into the environment, which may have...
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Land evaluation and sustainable development of ecotourism in the Garhwal Himalayan region using geospatial technology and analytical hierarchy process
Ecotourism is now the fastest-growing sector in the Himalayan region as well as in the Garhwal region (Uttarakhand, India) as it has negligible...
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A Bottom-Up Approach for Sustainable Cultural Tourism in Ladakh: An Initiative Taken by Women and Homestays
Tourism industry is considered an important sector for economic development. The notion of tourism is not entirely new; it has been popular since the...
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Changing Landscape and Escalating Human-Wildlife Conflict: Introspection from a Transboundary Landscape
The Kangchenjunga Landscape (KL), a transboundary area shared by Bhutan, India, and Nepal, identified human-wildlife as a cross-border issue. Diverse...