An Assessment of Landscape Change in the Khumbu Region of Nepal Using Repeat Photography

The Heterogeneity of Khumbu Sherpa Ecological Knowledge and Understanding in Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) National Park and Buffer Zone, Nepal

“…In the three most populated settlements on the tourist route (Namche, Khunde and Khumjung), Brower and Dennis (1998: 199) found that despite apparently heavy grazing, vegetation cover was relatively complete and there was no apparent accelerated soil loss. This evidence corroborates the findings of Byers (1987a) that livestock impacts on soil productivity were unlikely to be a major contributor in the decline of certain forests, especially compared to timber and NTFP harvest.…”

Pueblos Indígenas y Tradicionales y Áreas Protegidas

“…En líneas generales, el PNS puede dividirse en tres zonas de vegetación basadas en la altitud: el cinturón altitudinal inferior (por debajo de los 3.800m) que consiste en bosques y zonas arboladas templadas; la zona media (entre los 3.800-4.200m) de bosques y arbustales subalpinos; y la zona superior (por encima de los 4.200m) de vegetación de tundra (Byers, 1987). Además, entre los 2.800 y 3.200m existe un área reducida de bosque montano templado bajo.…”

Historical landscape repeat photography as a tool for land use change research

“…Outside America, repeat photography has been used to address questions of erosion and slope management in the Himalaya (Byers 1987, Ives 1987, treeline change in Sweden (Kullman 1988), and vegetation change in the South African Karoo (Hoffman & Cowling 1990). Glaciers have long been photographed as natural curiosities; repeat photography documents glacial advances and recessions around the world, from the Alps (Zängl & Hamberger 2004) to the Rwenzori in central Africa (Kaser & Osmaston 2002).…”