Wetlands in the Himalaya: Securing Services for Livelihoods - Special Publication

Chapter 4 of the Water, ice, society, and ecosystems in the HKH (HI-WISE) assessment report assesses the scientific literature on the impacts of the changing cryosphere on biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) as well as response options. The cryosphere supports a region of vast, interconnected biodiversity, with 40% of the HKH under environmental protection. As the cryosphere changes, serious impacts on biodiversity at the ecosystem, genetic, and species levels mean an overwhelming majority of animal and plant species are negatively affected, sometimes to extinction. Even if global warming is limited to 1.5°C, the HKH is likely to face serious impacts in terms of species loss, ecosystem structure, and productivity, resulting in lowered ecosystem services flows.

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“…2. The impacts of cryospheric changes on highelevation wetlands and peatlands need urgent attention (Bhatta et al, 2018;Zhu et al, 2021).…”

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Chapter 4: Effects of a changing cryosphere on biodiversity and ecosystem services, and response options in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

Chaudhary¹,

Chettri²,

Adhikari³

et al. 2023

Water, Ice, Society, and Ecosystems in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: An Outlook

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“…Himalayan wetland management (Bhatta et al, 2018). They provide management capacity in otherwise remote areas and guide environmental programmes aimed at the sustainable and wise use of mountain wetlands (Chatterjee et al, 2010;Gujja, 2007).…”

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What can communities teach us? Indigenous and local knowledge for mountain conservation

2023

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Indigenous and Local communities are keepers of valuable environmental knowledge accumulated over generations. This knowledge is held individually and collectively, often orally transmitted and embodied. At least 25% of the world’s land area is owned, managed, used or inhabited by these groups, and such areas are degrading less quickly than others. Yet, despite abundant empirical evidence, Indigenous and Local communities struggle to have their voices meaningfully included in environmental governance. Much more work remains to be done on the integration of Indigenous and local knowledge within nature conservation. What can communities teach us? responds to this gap and the growing calls for decolonising the conservation movement.

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“…However, wetland ecosystems are regularly affected from both sides of the coastal zone because they serve as a buffer zone between the landscape and seascape. More than half of wetland area was lost in the 20th century, and wetland ecosystems continue to be lost and degraded around the world [13]. Global wetland ecosystems began to deteriorate consistently and rapidly before their immense usefulness was properly known [14].…”

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Understanding the Complexities of Human Well-Being in the Context of Ecosystem Services within Coastal Ghana

et al. 2022

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The understanding of the complexities of human well-being (HWB) within the ecosystem service (ES) context is fundamental to the development of management plans to sustain the flow of ecosystem services (ESs) for HWB. However, research on HWB in the context of ecosystem services is still underrepresented on Africa’s coast. Primary data were collected from 794 household heads in six communities within Ghana’s eastern coastal zone. A sequential logistics regression model was used to assess the effect of the interactions between ESs, socio-economic conditions, and contextual factors on HWB. Respondents’ well-being varied across the study communities, with high well-being reported by 63% of respondents from Anloga and low well-being by 77% in Kedzi. A strong association was found between HWB and relevant characteristics of respondents including marital status, years lived in a community, subjective social position (SSP), main livelihood source, income class, access to a reliable credit facility, and being a member of a local community group. Gender was not a significant predictor of HWB levels. For the effect of ESs on HWB, we found that respondents who had high contentment with provisioning and cultural ESs were more likely to have high well-being as opposed to respondents who had low contentment. Respondents who had low to moderate contentment with regulatory ESs were more likely to have high well-being, but the contextual factors condensed the significance of this relationship. Findings suggest the implementation of deliberate actions to maintain or restore vital ecosystem functions and services for sustainable well-being in coastal communities.

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Wetlands in the Himalaya: Securing Services for Livelihoods - Special Publication

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Chapter 4: Effects of a changing cryosphere on biodiversity and ecosystem services, and response options in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

Chapter 4: Effects of a changing cryosphere on biodiversity and ecosystem services, and response options in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

What can communities teach us? Indigenous and local knowledge for mountain conservation

Understanding the Complexities of Human Well-Being in the Context of Ecosystem Services within Coastal Ghana

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