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The Mountain Institute - Community-based Conservation and Restoration of the Everest Alpine Zone
Lodges, trekkers, mountaineers, and their porters continue to use tons of juniper shrubs and alpine cushion plants annually as fuel, in spite of regulations designed to encourage the use of ... as the Sherpa shingo nawa system . Ban harvesting of all shrub juniper and Arenaria (alpine cushion plants) for fuel; develop subsidies for providing birch/tree rhododendron substitutes from the lower elevations ...
mountain.org
NMPIF Grassland 4
Species: White-tailed Ptarmigan, Mountain Bluebird, White-crowned Sparrow uses alpine meadows of Carex, dwarf willow and Deschampsia, and cushion fell fields (Silene, Trifolium, Phlox, and Arenaria) nests on ... near rocky areas often in areas with receding snowfields AMPI fell fields with cushion plants and alpine meadows; vegetation with enough height above ground to hangover nest BCRF talus slopes ...
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Natureandco.com - National Parks of New Zealand - Mt Aspiring National Park
Conservation's Great Walks. Reed. Graeme Bishop 1989: The Mt Aspiring Region. NZ Alpine Club. John Kent 1998: South Island Trout Fishing Guide. Reed. John Cobb 1990: The Walking ... scattered above 1500 m (4921'), while still containing many species such as blue tussock and cushion plants. All vegetation disappears from about 1800 m (5905'). Birds The range of habitats within Mt ...
natureandco.co.nz
The Mountain Institute - Community-based Conservation and Restoration in SNP
Strengthen local capacities to conserve and restore alpine environments. Increase local participation in alpine resource management Create an alpine management model that is applicable to the ... Environmental Impacts Deforestation Increased fuelwood use Slow growing juniper Soil-binding shrubs Cushion plants (arenaria) Dramatic increases in soil erosion Landscape denudation referred to as “ ...
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13 ALPINE RANGELAND ECOSYSTEMS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT IN THE QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU by Long Ruijun[15]
Ceratoides compacta has developed there. On the vast flat lands of the central Plateau, the annual precipitation increases to about 200 mm, and alpine ... large proportion of the alpine-steppe sward. Forbs, i.e. broad-leaf herbaceous plants, are companion species in the alpine meadow swards or interspersing plants in the alpine desert. Vegetation ...
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Mountain Adventures
You recognize alpine gentian (Gentiana nivalis) by its bright blue ... . Huddled close to the ground are several cushion-like plants with white flowers. When the wind blows, ... plants you found at different elevations? Are you able to divide these plants into groups and decide what the common characteristics are for plants in each group? Why do you think the same plants ...
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