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… the Ganges, the Brahmaputra, the Mekong and the Yangtze. A glacier inventory by the Chinese Academy of Sciences has … retreating at rates ranging from 10-25 m per year. The glacier retreat began in the mid- 19th century. The retreat … fountains of Asia 25 Figure TS1.10 Change in the snow and glacier cover in the Western Himalayan region as shown in …

… co-operative agreement between Waterton Lakes (Canada) and Glacier National Park (USA); and the Australian Alps … (Centre) In 1932, Waterton National Park, Canada and Glacier National Park, USA were formally designated as the … some of the clearest evidence of climate change. Grinnell Glacier, in Glacier National Park, USA, in 1910 and 1998 …

… pressure mounted in the 1970s to build hydropower dams and glacier ski resorts in this high part of the Alps. Many … member Günter Mussnig at Franz-Josefs-Höhe. The famous glacier below Franz-Josefs- Höhe. ▲ ▲ 28 goes to the Finance … views of the Großglockner peak and of the impressive glacier below. This end-point, however, does have some quite …

… Publications Services Unit Cover photos: Front: Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, (Canada/USA): L. Hamilton. … conservation management. As early as 1932, the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park was designated to … of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, in the Rocky Mountains of …

… throughout the subregion will suffer from water shortages. Glacier melting and a 6 UNEP, 2010 “Atlas of our Changing …

… change scenarios). Mobilization of POP s from mountain glacier ice has already been observed (Blais et al., 2001; …

… Chinese Academy of Sciences (2004). Chinese Glacier Inventory. World Data Center for Glaciology and … Geocryology, Lanzhou. http://wdcdgg.westgis.ac.cn/DATABASE/Glacier/glacier_inventory.asp CITES (2004). Decisions concerning the …

… 2.1 Translocation of an imperilled fish population in Glacier National Park, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … the changes that do occur. (Top): Kaiser Franz Josef Fjord Glacier, Northeast Greenland National Park, Denmark (Jerzy … 2.1 Translocation of an imperilled fish population in Glacier National Park, USA The synergistic effects of …

… are increased in the short term, but the contribution of glacier melt will gradually decrease over the next few …

… such as droughts, heat-waves, hurricanes and accelerated glacier retreat is likely to increase (see 3.2.2). 4.1 … more than one sixth of the world population that live in glacier- or snowmelt-fed river basins. People living in …