Tag: Himalaya

Free Download Vishwambhar Prasad Sati, "Sustainable Forest Management in the Himalaya"
English | ISBN: 3031219384 | 2023 | 204 pages | PDF | 8 MB
This volume presents a comprehensive description of forests of the Uttarakhand Himalaya. It looks into the major drivers of forest depletion and suggests paths toward sustainable forest management. The book comprises thirteen chapters, which together describe forest land use/cover change; forest classification and working circles; national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, and conservation reserves; forest diversity and distribution; forest stocks and products; ecosystem goods and services; environmental index; drivers of forest degradation and conservation; climate change and forests; cultural and economic significance of forests, and sustainable forest management. The text is richly complemented by nearly seventy photographs and figures.

Free Download Orchid Species from Himalaya and Southeast Asia Vol. 1 (A – E) by Eng Soon Teoh
English | PDF (True) | 2021 | 517 Pages | ISBN : 3030588718 | 122.7 MB
A presentation of 491 popular orchid species with 13 varieties and 3 natural hybrids in 51 genera with names beginning with A to E carefully detailed with beautiful photographs and concise descriptions of the plants, their distribution and habitats by a well-known author and photographer. Each genus is assigned a separate chapter. Coverage of the most commonly cultivated Asian species including their varieties and cultivars (e.g. in Bulbophyllum 82 species; Coelogyne 37 species; Dendrobium 210 species) is exhaustive.

Free Download Eng Soon Teoh, "Orchid Species from Himalaya and Southeast Asia Vol. 2 (G – P)"
English | 2021 | ISBN: 3030804275, 3030804305 | PDF | pages: 363 | 88.1 mb
A presentation of over 700 popular orchid species in 104 genera carefully detailed with beautiful photographs and concise descriptions of plants, their distribution and habitats by a well-known author and photographer. Each genus is assigned a separate chapter. Coverage of the most commonly cultivated Asian species including their varieties and cultivars (e.g. in Bulbophyllum 72 species; Coelogyne 33 species; Dendrobium 161 species; Paphiopedilum 58 species; Phalaenopsis 60 species; Vanda 44 species) is exhaustive. The orchids are photographed from their best perspective, individual blooms and entire inflorescence: additionally, many species are also shown growing in their natural habitat. Representative hybrids are included to illustrate how some species have contributed to show-worthiness of various genera, their adaptation to a wider climate range, and easy cultivation. This book is a pleasure to view; simultaneously, an easy reference for the identification of orchid species and it provides a guide on how best to grow them. Nowhere else will one find so many popular species beautifully illustrated in a single volume.

Free Download Orchid Species from Himalaya and Southeast Asia Vol. 1 (A – E) by Eng Soon Teoh
English | EPUB | 2021 | 517 Pages | ISBN : 3030588718 | 196.8 MB

Free Download Dan Smyer Yü, "Storying Multipolar Climes of the Himalaya, Andes and Arctic "
English | ISBN: 1032388358 | 2023 | 306 pages | PDF | 14 MB
This book initiates multipolar climate/clime studies of the world’s altitudinal and latitudinal highlands with terrestrial, experiential, and affective approaches. Framed in the environmental humanities, it is an interdisciplinary, comparative study of the mutually-embodied relations of climate, nature, culture, and place in the Himalaya, Andes, and Arctic.