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Activities > Asia Pacific Workshop on Forest Hydrology
 

Asia Pacific Workshop on Forest Hydrology:
Water and Forests – Beyond Traditional Forest Hydrology

23-25 September 2013, Dehradun, India

 
Plenary Session
23 September 2013 Chair : Prof S.P.Singh
1
Bangladesh Effects of Watershed Restoration On Water Quality And Quantity Of Kaptai Lake In Bangladesh  

Laskar Muqsudur Rahman


2
China Responses of vegetation activity and water balance to changing climates in sub-alpine watershed of south-east Tibetan plateau, based on observed, remote sensed and predicted results   Pengsen Sun

3
India Conserving water and Moisture in the Western Ghats: Role of Forests and Other Land Cover   Jagdish Krisnaswamy

4
Korea Impacts of afforestation, reforestation and forest management practices on the long-term stream flow patterns and water balance at the catchment scale in Korea   Hyung Tae Choi

5
Malaysia Influence of Hopea odorata forest plantation establishment on the water yield of small forested catchment in Peninsular Malaysia   Siti Aisah Shamsuddin

6
Mexico The Role of Forests on Subsurface flow Processes   Jose Navar

7
Netherland Identifying 'bright spots' of potentially enhanced stream flow after reforesting degraded land across the tropics   LA. Bruinzeel

8
Nepal Water use and Hillslpoe hydrological behaviour of contrasting vegetation types in the middle Mountains of central Nepal and their implications for dry season flows   Chandra P Ghimire

9
Philippines Forest Hydrology Initiatives and Current Challenges in a Changing climate   Antonio M. Dano

10
Thailand Forests and water: Contemporary science and its relevance for community forestry in the Asia Pacific region   Regan Suzuki

11
Vietnam Assessment of water resources under the impact of climate change in the Srepok watershed, Vietnam   Dao Nguyen Khoi
 

Theme 1: Forest Hydrology and Climate Change
23 September 2013 Chair : G.S.Goraya

1
Climate change impact on forests with implications on hydrology in the western Ghats region, India   K.D Sharma

2
Impact of climate change on watershed hydrology   Sharad Jain

3
Water Stresses and Adaptation of Forest Tree Species to Climate Change   M. Al Amin

4
Hydrological characteristics and its response to climate change, a case study of tropical rainforest in Jianfengling of Hainan Island, China   Zhou Guang yi

5
Taming the climate and its influence in Forest Hydrology-Assessment of transformation in Forest ecosystem-A case study in Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu   N.Kavitha

6
Vulnerability Analysis of Hydrological Parameters of Forest Ecosystem to Projected climate change in Little Andaman Island   Sanjay Bala

7
Potential Climate Change Effects on Forest Hydrology of Indian forests   T. P. Singh

8
Water Vulnerability assessment due to climate change at household level: A case of Uttarakhand mountains   Rajiv Pandey

9
Climate Change impacts on water resources and livelihoods: A case study of Takoli Gad watershed, Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand   R.S. Negi

10
Study on hydrological parameters of forest cycle with special reference to dieback of Dalbergia sisso in Uttar Pradesh under changed climate scenario   Anindita Bhattacharya
 
Theme 2: Hydrological Regulatory Services of Forests
24th September 2013 Chair   : Siti Aisah Shamsuddin
 
1
River Flows: A Regulating Service of Forests   Brij Gopal

2
Water-related changes in Himalayan forests under the influence of climate change: speculations and observations   S. P. Singh

3
Assessing the effects of land use changes on Hydrological processes- a case study from western ghats region of India   B.Venkatesh

4
Spatial and temporal variability of Suspended Sediment Load of two Oak micro-watersheds of the Lesser Himalayas   N.Q. Qazi

5
Forests and land use impact on hydrological response of two micro-watersheds in Garhwal Himalaya   G.C.S Negi

6
Hydrological responses of micro-watersheds under different land use conditions: A case study of lesser Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India   S.P.Rai
 
Theme 3: Forest Influence on Precipitation and Micro-Climate
24th September 2013 Chair : Brij Gopal

 
1 Development of forest suitability index based on micro­climate- case study of Sundarbans Bangladesh   S.H.M. Fakhrudin

2 Study on the changed characters of precipitation, water and sediment and on effects of vegetation restoration patterns on surface runoff in small watershed   Yang Nan

3 Stem flow water harvesting: a new concept for utilizing rain water from trees   J.M.S. Tomar

4 Rainfall interception and runoff in Terminalia chebula and Embilica officinalis based systems in sandy-loam soils of lower Himalayas   Pankaj Panwar

5 Influence of invasion of Lantana camara and its removal on infiltration capacity of soil in tropical deciduous forest of Rajaji Nationa Park- A preliminary observations   H.B.Vasistha

6 Effect of forest cover structures on soil moisture variation – A case study in oak forested watersheds   J.V. Tyagi

7 Influence of land use on water yield in drought prone bundelkhand region of Central India   Ramesh Singh

8 Infiltration status under different land use in Mussoorie Hills   Pramod Kumar

9 Water availability and physiological functions in different tree species under controlled conditions in arid region of Rajasthan, India   G. Singh
 
Theme 4: Effect of forest management practices and disturbances on Quality and Quantity of water
23rd September 2013 Chair  : LA. Bruinzeel

 
1
Assessment of Tradeoffs in Hydrologic Services and Agricultural Incomes from Forest Cover Changes in the Western Ghats   Shrinivas Badiger

2
Short Term Water Quality Changes After Timber Harvesting In An Upper Hill Dipterocarp Forest, Malaysia   Md. Ghazali

3
Water Yield Estimation And Temporal Variability For The Major Reservoirs Of India   P.K.Gupta

4
Effects of Deforestation and Forest Degradation on Surface Waters and its Economic Implications: A Case Study of Drinking Water Supplies to Greater Mumbai, India   Sunita Singh

5
Effect of Management Practices and Disturbances on Quantity and Quality of river Ganga near Patna   Neetu Bharti

6
Study on assessment of the impact of forestry plantation on surface run-off and water quality related to maintain of forestry hydrology in the state of Sikkim, India   Pankaj Kumar Roy

7
Deforestation and impact on Hydrological process  

S. P. Aggarwal

 
Theme 5: Forests as Sources of Water: Managing for Livelihoods and Food Security
24th September 2013 Chair : A.K.Rana
 
1
Managing Water, Forests and People-Case Studies of Jharkhand, India   A.K. Mishra

2
Soil and water conservation for surface, sprongs and ground water recharge   P.K. Mishra

3
Role of forests in Watershed Management for livelihood security and prevention of land degradation under the SLEM Project   Saibal Das Gupta

4
Forests and water: Contemporary science and its relevance for community forestry in the Asia Pacific region   Regan Suzuki

5
Ground water augmentation and source rejuvenation -Watershed approach   Neena Grewal

6
Forests in context to Soil and Water Conservation, Augmentation of Water Resources and Sustainable productivity   Pratap Narayan

7
Ecological and Economic Prosperity through rain water harvesting local communities: Haryana and Chandigarh Experience   Jagdish Chander

8
Effects of rainwater harvesting and vegetation cover in reducing water, soil and nutrient losses during restoration of degraded hills in Rajasthan, India   G. Singh

9
Hydrological and ecological studies towards integrated water resources management;: a case study of Shimla water catchment sanctuary, H.P   K.S.Kapoor

10
Managing forests for water and soil moisture to attain full growth potential by the vegetation in the hilly terrain of Garhwal Himalays   B.M. Dimri

11
Agroforestry model of biodrainage for reclamation of waterlogged areas in canal commands of Haryana (northwest India)   Jeet Ram

12
Forest Management Planning for Water in India  

M.P.Singh

 
Theme 6: Frontiers of Research and Application of Modern Tools and Techniques in Forest Hydrology
24th September 2013 Chair  : Zhou Guang Yi
 
1
Remote sensing application in forest hydrology   Y.V.N. Krishna Murthy

2
Modern tools and techniques in forest hydrology   R. D. Singh

3
Eco-Hydrological Modelling of a Forest Ecosystem using a coupled geospatial-hydrological model   Romeji Ngangbam

4
Estimation of Cumulative watershed effects using watsed model in a forested catchment   B.K. Purandara

5
Assessment of hydrological response of dense and degraded oak forests using swat   J.V. Tyagi

6
Forest Hydrology Experiment and Modelling at Watershed Scale Located in Central India   P.K.Gupta

7
Use of UC-DHR model to identify sediment recovery following tropical selective logging given the affect of climate dynamics and data gaps   Siti Nurhidayu Abu Bakar

8
Water volume estimation in forested landscape using RS and GIS based variables in Far Western Region of Nepal   Basanta Gautam

9
Assessing water regulatory services provided by forests of Uttarakhand: proposed meta-modelling framework   Manoj Kumar

10
An insight into the subsurface aquifer characteristics through spring flow isotope investigation in Pauri Urban Area   Soukhin Tarafdar

11
Data mining application for better management of forest and water   Neelesh Yadav
 
 
 
 
 


 

 

 

 

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