Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 2

Impact of Climate Change on Vital Ecological Components of Himalayan Ecosystem

1Research Associate, Task Force on Himalayan Agriculture, National Mission for Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystem, Natural Resource Management Division, Indian Council for Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India

2Junior Research Fellow, Task Force on Himalayan Agriculture, National Mission for Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystem, Natural Resource Management Division, Indian Council for Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India

3Task Force Coordinator, Task Force on Himalayan Agriculture, National Mission for Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystem, Natural Resource Management Division, Indian Council for Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India

*Corresponding author E-mail id: arun70@gmail.com

Online published on 8 December, 2017.

Abstract

The Indian Himalayan region is ecologically fragile and globally known for its biological richness. In the recent decades, environmental concerns have raised the focus in understanding the impact of climate change on this unique ecology that has witnessed several irreversible alterations in the forest ecosystem and biodiversity rendering several species extinct and also altered the land use pattern affecting the dynamics of agriculture, energy and water resources. It is advocated that the degree of changes in these components brought about by climate change could help in establishing a pathway for climate change adaptation.

Keywords

Climate change, Ecosystem, Indian Himalayan region, Biodiversity, Agriculture, Water Resources