CLIMATE CHANGE TO IMPACT FORESTS IN INDIA HIMALAYAS

According to India's second National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, as much as 45 percent of 35,899 forest grids will undergo changes due to climate impact. The report which used high resolution digital forest map suggested that most of the mountainous forests --sub-alpine and alpine forest, the Himalayan dry temperature forest and the Himalayan moist temperature forests-- are susceptible to the adverse effects of climate change.
10, 14 May
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-10/global-warming/31655227_1_climate-change-national-communication-forested
http://bikyamasr.com/68753/climate-change-could-denude-himalayan-range-forests/