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Carbon Management for Promoting Local Livelihood in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) Region

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Editors:
  1. Zhanhuan Shang

    1. School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

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  2. A. Allan Degen

    1. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

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  3. Muhammad Khalid Rafiq

    1. Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Islamabad, Pakistan

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  4. Victor R. Squires

    1. University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

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  • Discusses carbon management and its linkages with livelihood improvement of the fragile communities of the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region

  • Focuses on a region that has multidimensional ecological, economic, cultural and environmental significance

  • Sheds new light on the social, economic, and policy perspectives associated with carbon management

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Assessment and Management of Carbon Dynamics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Managing Carbon Cycle Linkage to Livelihood in HKH Region

      • Zhanhuan Shang, A. Allan Degen, Devendra Gauchan, Bhaskar Singh Karky, Victor R. Squires
      Pages 3-23

    3. Climate Change Mitigation and Pastoral Livelihood in the Hindu Kush Himalaya Region: Research Focuses, Opportunities and Challenges

      • Wenyin Wang, Devendra Gauchan, A. Allan Degen, Zhanhuan Shang
      Pages 25-43

    4. Tracking of Vegetation Carbon Dynamics from 2001 to 2016 by MODIS GPP in HKH Region

      • Zhenhua Chao, Mingliang Che, Zhanhuan Shang, A. Allan Degen
      Pages 45-62

    5. Livelihood and Carbon Management by Indigenous People in Southern Himalayas

      • Dil Kumar Limbu, Basanta Kumar Rai, Krishna Kumar Rai
      Pages 63-87

  3. Livestock, Grasslands, Wetlands, and Environment on Carbon Dynamics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89
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    2. Effects of Different Grassland Management Patterns on Soil Properties on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

      • Jianjun Cao, Xueyun Xu, Shurong Yang, Mengtian Li, Yifan Gong
      Pages 91-108

    3. Carbon Management of the Livestock Industry in the HKH Region

      • Yu Li, A. Allan Degen, Zhanhuan Shang
      Pages 109-123

    4. Wetlands as a Carbon Sink: Insight into the Himalayan Region

      • Awais Iqbal, Zhanhuan Shang
      Pages 125-144

    5. Milk and Dung Production by Yaks (Poephagus grunniens): Important Products for the Livelihood of the Herders and for Carbon Recycling on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

      • A. Allan Degen, Shaher El-Meccawi, Michael Kam
      Pages 145-162

    6. The Effect of Ecology, Production and Livelihood on the Alpine Grassland Ecosystem of the Tibetan Plateau

      • Xingyuan Liu
      Pages 163-181

  4. Impacts of Restoration, REDD and Biochar on Carbon Balance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
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    2. Prospects of Biochar for Carbon Sequestration and Livelihood Improvement in the Tibetan Grasslands

      • Muhammad Khalid Rafiq, Jamila Sharif, Zhanhuan Shang, Yanfu Bai, Fei Li, Ruijun Long et al.
      Pages 185-196

    3. Optimizing the Alpine Grazing System to Improve Carbon Management and Livelihood for Tibetan Herders

      • Xiaoxia Yang, Quanmin Dong, Chunping Zhang
      Pages 197-210

    4. Promoting Artificial Grasslands to Improve Carbon Sequestration and Livelihood of Herders

      • Huakun Zhou, Dangjun Wang, Meiling Guo, Buqing Yao, Zhanhuan Shang
      Pages 211-228

    5. Prospects for REDD+ Financing in Promoting Forest Sustainable Management in HKH

      • Shambhavi Basnet, Jagriti Chand, Shuvani Thapa, Bhaskar Singh Karky
      Pages 229-241

  5. Policies and Strategies for Livelihood Improvements and Carbon Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-243
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    2. Designing Water Resource Use for Poverty Reduction in the HKH Region: Institutional and Policy Perspectives

      • Madan Koirala, Udhab Raj Khadka, Sudeep Thakuri, Rashila Deshar
      Pages 245-266

    3. Indigenous Practice in Agro-Pastoralism and Carbon Management from a Gender Perspective: A Case from Nepal

      • Rashila Deshar, Madan Koirala
      Pages 267-280
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About this book

This book contributes to our understanding of linkages between carbon management and local livelihoods by taking stock of the existing evidence and drawing on field experiences in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region, an area that provides fresh water to more than 2 billion people and supports the world’s largest population of pastoralists and millions of livestock. 

This edited volume addresses two main questions: 1. Does carbon management offer livelihood opportunities or present risks, and what are they? 2. Do the attributes of carbon financing alter the nature of livelihood opportunities and risks? Chapters analyze the most pressing deficiencies in understanding carbon storage in both soils and in above ground biomass, and the related social and economic challenges associated with carbon sequestration projects. Chapters deliver insights to both academics from diverse disciplines (natural sciences, social sciences and engineering) and to policy makers. 


Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

    Zhanhuan Shang

  • Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

    A. Allan Degen

  • Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Muhammad Khalid Rafiq

  • University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

    Victor R. Squires

About the editors

​Dr. Zhanhuan Shang is a Professor at the School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University in China. 


Dr. Muhammad Khalid Rafiq is a Senior Scientific Officer at the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council in Islamabad, Pakistan. 



Dr. Victor R. Squires is an Ex-Professor and Consultant at International Dryland Management Consultant, Adelaide University, Australia.



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