Himalayan Glaciers and Rivers - WWF Conservation Projects (sitios de interés)

View of the Everest massif from the Singalila hills (Sikkim, India) from a distance of about 150 kilometers. From left to right: Mount Lhotse, Mount Everest and Mount Makalu. Nepal. © WWF-Canon / NEYRET & BENASTAR

This project will use existing research, supplemented where necessary with field data, to allow accurate and policy relevant scientific predictions to be made about the future behaviour of individual glaciers. It will attempt to link the phenomenon of glacier retreat to impacts on people and nature, rather than making generalised assessments at the regional level. It will also go a step further and use this understanding to begin the process of a management response.

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