Grasses, shrubs and mosses are growing and expanding around Mount Everest and across the Himalayan region as the area continues to experience the consequences of global warming, researchers have ...

The fire renders the forest floor inhospitable to the region’s some 1,800 plants used as medicinal herbs, as well as indigenous grasses and broadleaf species such as Himalayan oak.

The researchers found plant life in areas where vegetation was not previously known to grow. A team used satellite data from 1993 to 2018 to measure the extent of plant cover between the tree-line ...

Global warming despite all its negative impacts is creating a favourable condition for vegetation at heights above 4,000 metre with the melting of Himalayan glaciers, a study has said.

Alders NZ seeks a Tairāwhiti site for a Nelder tree trial with Western Himalayan alder and totara. The trial aims to stabilise eroded soils and explore commercial viability for carbon farming.