1. The maximum ice age glaciation between the karakorum main ridge (K2) and the tarim basin and its influence on global energy balance

   • Matthias Kuhle

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 22

2. Changes in agricultural biodiversity: Implications for sustainable livelihood in the Himalaya

   • K. G. Saxena
   • R. K. Maikhuri
   • K. S. Rao

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 31

3. Community participation in forest resource management in Nepal

   • Keshav L. Maharjan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 32 - 41

4. Zonal distribution of the erosion-landslide and soil micromorphological features in purple hilly region

   • He Yurong
   • Liao Chaolin
   • Zhang Baohua

   OriginalPaper Pages: 42 - 49

5. Characteristics of large low-frequency debris flow hazards and mitigation strategies

   • Wang Shige

   OriginalPaper Pages: 50 - 58

6. New technologies and systems for high quality citrus fruit production, labor-saving and orchard construction in mountain areas of Japan

   • Kunihisa Morinaga
   • Osamu Sumikawa
   • Norihiro Hoshi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 67

7. The effects of land uses on purplish soil erosion in hilly area of Sichuan Province, China

   • Liu Gangcai
   • Zhang Jianhui
   • Wei Chaofu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 68 - 75

8. Systems of agriculture farming in the Uttranchal Himalaya, India

   • Vishwambhar Prasad Sati

   OriginalPaper Pages: 76 - 85

9. A short review: Limnological and paleolimnological researches in Mongolia carried out by Joint Russian-Mongolian expeditions

   • Dmitrii V. Sevastyanov
   • Nadezhda I. Dorofeyk

   OriginalPaper Pages: 86 - 90