Proceedings from:
The Great Himalayas: Climate, Health,
Ecology, Management and Conservation
Kathmandu
January 12-15, 2004
Preface
M.Munawar
Physical, Chemical and Biological Characteristics
Scientific
research at the International Laboratory/Observatory Pyramid,
Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal
Renato Baudo
Long
Range Atmospheric Transport and Deposition of Persistent Organic
Pollutants and Mercury in the Himalaya
Mark D. Loewen, Subodh. Sharma, Gregg Tomy, Feiyue Wang, Paul
Bullock, Frank Wania
Diurnal patterns
of lower atmospheric pollution in two urbanized valleys
Mark L. Hildebrandt
Climatic
variability and its role in crop yield in central Himalaya
Madan Sigdel
Measurement
and distribution of rainfall, runoff and soil losses from the
selected watersheds in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region
S. Zokaib, M. Jehangir, H. Shah, J. Merz and R. White
Study of
landuse and stream planform dynamics using aerial photographs:
A case study in Siwalik Hills of Nepal
S.K. Ghimire, D. Higaki and T.P.Bhattarai
Sediment
in Nepalese hydropower projects
Bhola Thapa, Raju Shrestha, Projjowal Dhakal and Biraj Singh Thapa
Soil erosion
control measures on degraded sloping lands – A case study
in Midlands of Nepal
D. Higaki, K.K. Karki and C. S. Gautam
Conservation
and management of Phewa Lake ecosystem, Nepal
Purushottam Shrestha
Studies on the antibacterial
activity of the Actinomycetes isolated from the Khumbu Region
of Nepal.
Bhagabati Pandey, Prakash Ghimire and Vishwanath Prasad Agrawal
Performance
study on reed bed wastewater treatment units in Nepal
K. R. Bista and N. R. Khatiwada
Socio-economics
Environmental quality
of Upper Mustang: Population, water and tourism
A.M. Boselli, G.U. Caravello and A. Baroni
Rural
communities’ knowledge on water quality and water borne
disease: the case of Bungamati Locality in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
B. Pradhan, R. Gruendlinger, I. Fuerhapper, P. Pradhan and S.
Pradhanang
An
integrated drinking water quality assessment of rainwater harvesting
jars and the related Socio-economic conditions and gender issues
of Chappani VDC-1, Palpa District
Pradita Shakya and Subodh Sharma
Low flows in the Middle
Mountain watersheds of the Hindu-Kush Himalayas (HKH)
Bhawani S. Dongol, Madhav P. Dhakal, Pradeep M. Dangol, Juerg
Merz, Basant K. Joshi, P.K. Verma, Mohammad Jehangir, Suhail Zokaib,
Gao Fu and Xing Ma
Conceptual
Efficient
function of the base of plankton food webs: Concepts for management
of healthy freshwater ecosystems
R. T. Heath and M. Munawar
Ecotoxicological
evaluation of pristine ecosystems: From simple models to tailor-made
risk assessment
M. Munawar and P.J. den Besten
Recycling
of construction and demolition materials as part of the waste
minimization strategy in the Sydney Basin and possible lessons
for the Himalayas
Nathan Gambin, Chin Leo and Ataur Rahman
Miscellaneous
Mathematical
modeling of fish-productivity of Sirpur Lake, Indore, India
Sanjay Harne, Shailendra K. Sharma and D.K. Belsare
