Climate change scenarios for Nepal show considerable convergence on continued warming, Warming trends have already had significant impacts in the Nepal Himalayas -most significantly in terms of glacier retreat such as increase in size and volume of glacial lakes, making them more prone to glacial lake outburst flooding (GLOF).
Adaptation in Forestry
Forest covers 39.6 percent of the total land surface of Nepal, while the world’s 57 countries have less than 10% of their land area…
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Posted on September 24, 2009 at 8:55pm