Lamsal, D., Sawagaki, T., Watanabe, T., Byers, A.C. and McKinney, D.C. (2015): An assessment of conditions before and after the 1998 Tam Pokhari outburst in the Nepal Himalaya and an evaluation of the future outburst hazard. Hydrological Processes, accepted on 1 August 2015, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10636.

Watanabe, T. (2015): Interactive comment on gAssessing downstream flood impacts due to a potential GLOF from Imja Lake in Nepalh by M. A. Somos-Valenzuela et al. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 11, C6142-C6144.

Watanabe, T., Shibata, H., Ishihara, M., Yoshimura, N. and Kohyama, T. (2014): Global Land Project Sapporo Nodai Office Addressing Land System Studies on Resilience, Sustainability and Vulnerability in Asia. Global Environmental Research, 18 (2), 105-112.

Himiyama, Y., Watanabe, T. and Hara, K. (2014): The Impact of the Great East Japan Tsunami of 2011 on Land Use. Global Environmental Research, 18 (2), 191-206.

Lamsal, D., Sawagaki, T., Watanabe, T. and Byers, A.C. (2014): Assessment of glacial lake development and prospects of outburst susceptibility: Chamlang South Glacier, eastern Nepal Himalaya. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk. DOI: 10.1080/19475705.2014.931306

Watanabe, T. (2014): The emergence of sustainable tourism in Daisetsuzan National Park, Japan. In: Debarbieux B, Oiry Varacca M, Rudaz G, Maselli D, Kohler T, Jurek M (eds.), Tourism in Mountain Regions: Hopes, Fears and Realities. Sustainable Mountain Development Series. Geneva, Switzerland: UNIGE, CDE, SDC, 70-71.

Watanabe, T. (2013): Special Issue: The Pamirs, II, Preface. Geographical Studies, 88 (2), 49-50.

Shirasaka, S., Watanabe, T., Song, F., Liu, J. and Miyahara, I. (2013): Transhumance in the Kyrgyz Pamir, Central Asia. Geographical Studies, 88 (2), 80-101.

Watanabe, T., Anarbaev, M., Lee, Y., Sawagaki, T., Izumiyama, S., Miyahara, I. and Komatsu, T. (2013): Place names as an ecotourism resource for the Alai valley of the Kyrgyz Pamir. Geographical Studies, 88 (2), 102-116.

Komatsu, T. and Watanabe, T. (2013): Glacier-related hazards and their assessment in the Tajik Pamir: a short review. Geographical Studies, 88 (2), 117-131.

Liu, J. and Watanabe, T. (2013): Assessment of the current grazing intensity and slope status of pastures in the Alai Valley, Kyrgyzstan. Geographical Studies, 88 (2), 70-79.

Arase, T., Liu, J. and Watanabe, T. (2013): Degeneration of alpine steppe vegetation around Sary-Tash Village, Kyrgyz Republic. Geographical Studies, 88 (2), 60-69.

Komatsu, T. and Watanabe, T. (2013): GLOF and glacier-related hazards and risk in Tajikistan. Proceedings, Glacial Flooding and Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Exchange and Field Training, 11-14 July 2013, Huaraz, Peru.

Byers, A.C., McKinney, D.C., Somos-Valenzuela, M., Watanabe, T. and Lamsal, D. (2013): Glacial lakes of the Hinku and Hongu valleys, Makalu-Barun National Park and Buffer Zone, Nepal. Natural Hazards, accepted. DOI 10.1007/s11069-013-0689-8

Sawagaki, T., Lamsal, D., Byers, A. and Watanabe, T. (2012): Changes in surface morphology and glacial lake development of Chamlang Glacier in the eastern Nepal Himalaya since 1964. Global Environmental Research, 16, 83-94.

Watanabe, T. and Ishihara, M. (2012): GLP Nodal Office on vulnerability, resilience and sustainability of land systems, Sapporo. GLP News, 8, 33-35.

Watanabe, T. (2012): Trekking tourism and environments in the Nepal Himalaya. Rikkyo University Bulletin of Studies in Tourism, 14, 83-98. (in Japanese)

Byers, A., McKinney, D., Somos, M. and Watanabe, T. (2012): Glacial lakes of the Hinku and Hongu valleys, Makalu-Barun National Park and Buffer Zone, Nepal. Proceedings, Andean-Asian Mountains Global Knowledge Exchange on Glaciers, Glacial Lakes, Water & Hazard Management An Adapation Partnership Workshop, 16-32.

Watanabe, T., Ochiai, Y., Mizushima, K., Iwata, S. and Kreutzmann, H. (2011): Current status of tourism and roles of a proposed local guide association in Pasu, Northern Areas of Pakistan. Geographical Studies, 86, 41-54.

Lee, Y.L. and Watanabe, T. (2011): Multidisciplinary assessmentd of trail degradation for framing future trail management: examination in Shei-Pa National Park, Taiwan. Borsdorf, A., Stötter, J. & Veulliet, E. (eds.): Managing Alipne Future II Proceedings of the Innsbruck Conference, November 21-23, 2011, 212-221.

Lamsal, D., Sawagaki, T. and Watanabe, T. (2011): Digital Terrain Modelling Using Corona and ALOS PRISM Data to Investigate the Distal Part of Imja Glacier, Khumbu Himal, Nepal. Journal of Mountain Science, 8, 390-402.

Watanabe, T. (2011): Addressing IYM plus 10. Forest Technology, 826, 20-25. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T., Izumiyama, S., Gaunavinaka, L. and Anarbaev, M. (2010): Wolf depredation on livestock in the Pamir. Geographical Studies, 85, 26-36.

Watanabe, T. (2010): International Mountain Day and the 2002 IYM and Beyond. Geographical Studies, 85, 69-74. (in Japanese)

Komatsu, T., Watanabe, T. and Hirakawa, K. (2010): A framework for Late Quaternary lake-level fluctuations in Lake Karakul, eastern Pamir, focusing on lake-glacier landform interaction. Geomorophology, 119, 198-211.

Watanabe, T., Lamsal, D. and Ives, J.D. (2009): Evaluating the growth characteristics of a glacial lake and its degree of danger: Imja Glacier, Khumbu Himal, Nepal. Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift (Norwegian Journal of Geography), 63, 255-267.

Regmi, D. and Watanabe, T. (2009): Rockfall activitiy in the Kangchenjunga Area, Nepal Himalaya. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 20, 390-398.

Watanabe, T., Anarbaev, M., Ochiai, Y., Izumiyama, S. and Gaunavinaka, L. (2009): Tourism in the Pamir-Alai Mountians, southern Kyrgyz Republic. Geographical Studies, 84, 3-13.

Izumiyama, S., Anarbaev, M. and Watanabe, T. (2009): Inhabitation of larger mammals in the Alai Valley of the Kyrgyz Republic. Geographical Studies, 84, 14-21.

Watanabe, T. (2009): Geodiversity in Hokkaido. Nature in Hokkaido, 47: 39-42. (in Japanese)

Doei, T., Watanabe, T., and Hirakawa, K. (2009): Mountain climbing and geodiversity. Nature in Hokkaido, 47: 59-63. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. ed. (2008): Mountain Trails: Conservation and Management. National Park & Protected Area Management Series, Vol. 1, Kokon Shoin, Tokyo, 212p. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T., Anarbaev, M., and Iwata, S. (2008): Protected area and tourism development in the Kyrgyz Republic. Geographical Studies, 83: 29-39. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (2008): The Management of Mountain Natural Parks by Local Communities in Japan. In: Karan, P.P. and Suganuma, U. eds.: Local Environmental Movements: A Comparative Study of the United States and Japan, University of Kentucky Press, 259-268.

Watanabe, T., Kaizu, Y., Kachi, N., Terasaki, T., Noguchi, K., and Yoshida, M. (2008): World Natural Heritage viewed from tourism. Global Environmental Research, 13: 123-132. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (2008): Global warming and crisis of the World Natural Heritage sites: A case study in Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park. Global Environmental Research, 13: 113-122. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (2008): Current status and problems of ecotourism in the Pamirs. Chiri (Geography), 55 (1): 47-55. (in Japanese)

Anarbaev, M. and Watanabe, T. (2008): Tourism in the Pamir-Alai Mountains, southern Kyrgyz Republic. Chiri (Geography), 55 (1): 56-59. (in Japanese)

Iwata, S. and Watanabe, T. (2008): A proposal on glacier tourism of Pasu Glacier Group, Gojal, northern Pakistan. Rikkyo University Bulletin of Studies in Tourism, 9: 11-26. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (2008): Book Review, Urushibara, K. (2008) 'Ishigaki, Landscape Reflected Climate and Culture' Kokon Shoin, Tokyo, 257p. Geographical Studies, 83: 56-57. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. and Kasirov, K. (2007): Values and management of Tajik National Park in the Republic of Tajikistan. National Parks, No. 651: 26-28. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (2007): Crisis in the World Natural Heritage sites. In: Urushibara, K., Fujitsuka, Y., Matsuyama, H., and Ohnishi, K. eds.: Regional Problems in the World, Nakanishiya Publishing, Kyoto, 14-15. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (2007): Transformation of the Swiss Alps induced by the global warming. In: Urushibara, K., Fujitsuka, Y., Matsuyama, H., and Ohnishi, K. eds.: Regional Problems in the World, Nakanishiya Publishing, Kyoto, 80-81. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (2007): Natural environments and their problems in the Himalaya and Karakorum. In: Urushibara, K., Fujitsuka, Y., Matsuyama, H., and Ohnishi, K. eds.: Regional Problems in the World, Nakanishiya Publishing, Kyoto, 102-103. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (2007): Natural environments and their problems in the Pamir, Central Asia. In: Urushibara, K., Fujitsuka, Y., Matsuyama, H., and Ohnishi, K. eds.: Regional Problems in the World, Nakanishiya Publishing, Kyoto, 104-105. (in Japanese)

Ogata, T. and Watanabe, T. (2007): Archiving recent geoscientific studies in the Karakorum Range: Their characteristics and future directions. Geographical Studies, 82: 65-74.

Watanabe, T. (2006): Geoecological Studies in the Kangchenjunga Conservation Area, Eastern Nepal Himalaya. Global Environmental Research, 10: 87-98.

Khanal, N.R. and Watanabe, T. (2006): Abandonment of agricultural land and its consequences in the Nepal Himalayas: A case of Sikles area. Mountain Research and Development, 26: 32-40.

Regmi, D. and Watanabe, T. (2005): Slow mass movement in the Kangchenjunga area, eastern Nepal Himalaya. The Island Arc, 14: 400-409.

Khanal, N.R. and Watanabe, T. (2005): Landslide and debris flow hazards induced by the heavy precipitation in Nepal. Proceedings of Himalaya International Symposium, Landslide Hazard in Orogenic Zone from the Himalaya to Island Arc in Asia, 111-118.

Gautam, C.M. and Watanabe, T. (2005): Composition, distribution and diversity of tree species under different management systems in the hill forests of Bharse Village, Gulmi District, Western Nepal. Himalayan Journal of Sciences, 3: 69-76.

Korner, C., Ohsawa, M., Spehn, E., Berge, E., Bugmann, H., Groombridge, B., Hamilton, L., Hofer, T., Ives, J., Jodha, N., Messrli, B., Pratt, J., Price, M., Reasoner, M., Rodgers, A., Thonell, J., Yoshino, M., Baron, J., Barry, R., Blais, J., Bradley, R., Hofstede, R., Kapos, V., Leavitt, P., Monson, R., Nagy, L., Schindler, D., Vinebrooke, R., and Watanabe, T. (2005): Mounatin Systems. In Hassan, R., Scholes, R., and Ash, N. eds.: Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Current State and Trends, Volume 1, Island Press, 681-718.

Watanabe, T. (2005): Geodiversity conservation and biodiversity conservation. Global Environmental Research, 10: 207-216. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (2005): Current problems and future roles of graduate schools of 'environmental science' at Japanese universities. Journal of Society of Environmental Science, Japan, 18: 551-556. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (2005): Landscape of Hokkaido. In: Nakamura, K., Arai, T., Iwata, S., and Yonekura, N. eds.: Geography of Japan, 1, Asakura Shoten, Tokyo, 187-196. (in Japanese)

Ota, K. and Watanabe, T. (2005): Manual for measuring the volume of mountain trail erosion by digital photogrammetry. Annals of the Hokkaido Geographical Society, 80: 41-51. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (2005): Conservation and sustainable use of wildlife resources in the Tajik National Park, Republic of Tajikistan. Annals of the Hokkaido Geographical Society, 80: 53-59. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T., Ota, K., and Gotoh, C. (2004): Long-term monitoring of trail erosion around the Susoaidaira area, Daisetsuzan National Park, northern Japan. Quarterly Journal of Geography, 56: 254-264. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. and Yoshino, M. (2004): Research activities prior to and during International Year of Mountains and future direction of mountain research: International perspective. Journal of Geography, 113: 169-179. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (2004): Fragility of mountain geoecosystem and present situation and agendas of geoecological studies. Journal of Geography, 113: 180-190. (in Japanese)

Iyngararasan, M., Li, T., Shrestha, S., P.K. Mool, P.K., Yoshino, M. and Watanabe, T. (2004): The Challenges of Mountain Environments: Water, Natural Resources, Hazards, Desertification and the Implications of Climate Change. In Price, M.F., Jansky, L., and Iatsenia, A.A. eds.: Key Issues for Mountain Areas. United Nations University Press.

Gautam, K.H. and Watanabe, T. (2004): Ethnosilvicultural knowledge: A promising foundation for integrating non-timber forest products into forest management. Himalayan Journal of Sciences, 2: 55-58.

Gautam, C.M. and Watanabe, T. (2004): Reliability of land use/land cover assessment in montane Nepal. A case study in the Kangchenjunga Conservation Area (KCA). Mountain Research and Development, 24: 35-43.

Watanabe, T. (2004): Tourism development and global warming in the Swiss Alps and the Himalaya. In: Umesao, T. and Yamamoto, N. eds.: Mountain's World. Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo, 269-278. (in Japanese; also translated into Chinese and published by the Commercial Press, Tapei, in Taiwan in 2007)

Watanabe, T. (2003): Tourism and natural environment conservation in mpountain national parks in Japan. Geographical Sciences, 58: 146-156. (in Japanese)

Matsuoka, N., Ikeda, A., Hirakawa, K. and Watanabe, T. (2003): Contemporary periglacial processes in the Swiss Alps: seasonal, interannual and long-term variations. In: Phillips. M et al. eds.: Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Permafrost, 2, Balkema, Lisse, 735-740.

Gautam, K.H. and Watanabe, T. (2003): Concepts of reduced impact logging in the evolution of forest-harvesting codes of Nepal. International Expert Meeting on the Development and Implementation of National Codes of Practice for Forest Harvesting -Issues and Options-. FAO/ITTO/IUFRO/Forestry Agency of Japan and Chiba Prefectural Government, 341-345.

Watanabe, T. and Otaki, Y. (2003): Study for conservation of blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur) in the Kanchanjunga Conservation Area, eastern Nepal: interaction between blue sheep and other animals. Proceedings of the International Seminar on Mountains, March 6-8, 2002, Kathmandu. Royal Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Kathmandu. 69-78.

Yokoyama, H. and Watanabe, T. (2003): Present situation and problems of the geoecological studies on Japanese mountains. Geographical Review of Japan, 76B: 381-385.

Fujiyama, H., Hirawake, M., Kawana, J., and Watanabe, T. (2003): Gravel layers deposited on the gentle slopes in the eastern foot of the Hidaka Range, northern Japan. Bulletin of Centenary Hall of Obihiro, Japan, 21: 19-23. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (2003): Natural monuments and landforms in Hokkaido. In: Koaze, T., Nogami, M., Ono, Y., and Hirakawa, K. eds.: Landforms in Japan, Vol. 2, Hokkaido. Tokyo University Press, Tokyo, 261. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. and Yoda, A. (2003): Morphological changes of the hiking trails, Daisetuzan National Park: Geophysical approach. In: Koaze, T., Nogami, M., Ono, Y., and Hirakawa, K. eds.: Landforms in Japan, Vol. 2, Hokkaido. Tokyo University Press, Tokyo, 151. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (2002): Tourism development in mountain areas and global warming: examples from the Swiss Alps and the Nepal Himalaya. Science Journal Kagaku, 72: 1271-1275. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (2002): Degrading trails. Morley, 7: 68-71. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (2002): Recovering devastated environments in Japan. Mountains (Japanese Alpine Club), 97: 77-80. (in Japanese)

Tsukamoto, S., Asahi, K., Watanabe, T. and Rink, W.J. (2002): Timing of past glaciations in Kanchenjunga Himal, Nepal by optically-stimulated luminescence dating of tills. Quaternary International, 97/98: 57-67.

Gautam, K.H. and Watanabe, T. (2002): Silviculture for non-timber forest product management: challenges and opportunities for sustainable forest management. The Forestry Chronicle, 78: 830-832.

Jansky, L., Ives, J.D., Furuyashiki, K. and Watanabe, T. (2002): Global mountain research for sustainable development. Global Environmental Change, 12: 215-223.

Ishikawa, M., Iwasaki, S., Sawagaki, T., Hirakawa, K., and Watanabe, T. (2002): Mountain permafrost environments in Mt. Poroshiri, Hidaka Range, Hokkaido. Journal of Geography, 111: 574-582. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (2002): International Year of Ecotourism and International Year of Mountains. Chiri (Geography), 47 (3): 16-21. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (2002): Roles of Nature Guide Course in graduate school. Tourism and Culture, No. 152: 10-13. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (2002): Geoecological studies in North America. In: Yokoyama, H. ed.: Primer of Geoecology: Landscape Structural Analysis and Landscape Conservation. Kokon Shoin, Tokyo, 32-38. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T., Hayashi, K., and Ono, S. (2002): Geoecological study for conservation and management of the Maedake Moor, Mt. Yubari, Hokkaido. In: Yokoyama, H. ed.: Primer of Geoecology: Landscape Structural Analysis and Landscape Conservation. Kokon Shoin, Tokyo, 204-215. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (2001): Roles of visitor centers in national parks: A case study in Sounkyo and Asahidake, Daisetsuzan National Park, northern Japan. National Parks, No. 598: 6-13. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (2001): Influence of climate change and human activities on periglacial environments in the Alps. Annual Report of the Fukutake Science and Culture Foundation, Tokyo, 149-156. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (2001): Tourism and transformation of natural and social environments in the Nepal Himalaya. Bulletin of Kurobe Gawa Senjochi, No. 26: 60-65. (in Japanese)

Ishikawa, M., Watanabe, T., and Nakamura, N. (2001): Genetic differences of rock glaciers and the discontinuous mountain permafrost zone in Kanchanjunga Himal, eastern Nepal. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 12: 243-253.

Regmi, D. and Watanabe, T. (2001): Some expected roles of the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area Project. In Watanabe, T., Sicroff, S., Khanal, N.R., and Gautamn, M.P. eds.: Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Himalayan Environments: Mountain Sciences and Ecotourism/Biodiversity, Hokkaido University and Tribhuvan University, 167-172.

Yoda, A., Watanabe, T., Regmi, D., and Maita, A. (2001): What can visitors expect to see in the Kanchanjunga area? - Development of an ecotourism resource map and a phenology calendar -. In Watanabe, T., Sicroff, S., Khanal, N.R., and Gautamn, M.P. eds.: Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Himalayan Environments: Mountain Sciences and Ecotourism/Biodiversity, Hokkaido University and Tribhuvan University, 180-187.

Ishikawa, M., Watanabe, T., and Nakamura, N. (2001): Internal structure of the ice-cored rock glacier in Kanchanjunga Himal, eastern Nepal. In Watanabe, T., Sicroff, S., Khanal, N.R., and Gautamn, M.P. eds.: Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Himalayan Environments: Mountain Sciences and Ecotourism/Biodiversity, Hokkaido University and Tribhuvan University, 195-201.

Watanabe, T., Nakamura, N. and Khanal, N.R. (2000): Mountain hazards in the Kanchanjunga area, eastern Nepal: landslides developed on lateral moraines. Journal of Nepal Geological Society, 22: 525-532.

Matsuoka, N., Hirakawa, K., Watanabe, T., and Ikeda, A. (2000): Slope instability in the mountain permafrost belt of the Alps. Journal of Geography, 109: 746-752. (in Japanese)

Yoda, A. and Watanabe, T. (2000): Erosion of mountain hiking trail over a seven-year period in Daisetsuzan National Park, central Hokkaido, Japan. In: Cole, David N. and McCool, Stephen F. eds.: Wilderness Science in a Time of Change. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 172-178.

Watanabe, T. (2000): Environmental Impact assessment: geomorphology of the Bartang and Khdara valleys. In: Alford, D. and Schuster, R. eds.: Usoi Landslide Dam and Lake Sarez, United Nations, ISDR Prevention Series, No.1, 53-58.

Asahi, K. and Watanabe, T. (2000): Past and recent glacier fluctuations in Kanchanjunga Himal, Nepal. Journal of Nepal Geological Society, 22: 481-490.

Watanabe, T. (2000): Alpine vegetation community and its geographical conditions. In: Kudo, G. ed.: Natural History of Alpine Vegetation. Hokkaido University Press, 67-83. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T., Sawagaki, T., Hirakawa, K., and Matsuoka, N. (2000): Significance and problems in the enlargement of the Swiss National Park. Annals of Hokkaido Geographical Society, 74: 15-22. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. and Ikeda, N. (1999): Expected tourism growth In the Kanchanjunga area, eastern Nepal Himalaya, and Its possible Impacts to yak herders and mountain environments: lessons from Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) National Park. Annals of Hokkaido Geographical Society, 73: 11-22.

Watanabe, T. (1999): Problems in national parks, 11, Roles of national parks. Chiri (Geography), 44 (2): 76-81. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (1999): Problems in national parks, 10, Lack of academic data. Chiri (Geography), 44 (1): 82-88. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (1999): Glaciers in the Colorado Front Range, USA. In: Tsuchiya, I.: Perennial Snow Patches in Japan. Kokon Shoin, Tokyo, 14-15. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. ed. (1999): Kanchanjunga 1998 Report. 1-114. Hokkaido University. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. ed. (1998): Kanchanjunga 1997 Report. 1-91. Hokkaido University. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. and Fukasawa, K. (1998): Seven-year deterioration of a hiking trail and measures to mitigate soil erosion, Mount Kurodake, Daisetsuzan National Park, Hokkaido, northern Japan. Geographical Review of Japan, 71A: 753-764. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. and Furuhata, A. (1998): Future directions of the improvement of visitor management in the Asahidake Gondola Ropeway and Sugatami-no-ike areas, Daisetsuzan National Park, Hokkaido, northern Japan. Annals of the Hokkaido Geographical Society, 72: 1-11. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T., Khanal, N.R., and Gautam, M.P. (1998): The Nangama Glacial Lake outburst flood occurred on 23 June 1980 in the Kanchanjunga area, eastern Nepal. Annals of Hokkaido Geographical Society, 72: 13-20.

Matsuoka, N., Hirakawa, K., Watanabe, T., Haeberli, W., Keller, F. (1998): The role of diurnal, annual and millennial freeze-thaw cycles in controlling alpine slope instability", In: Lewkowicz, A.G. and Allard, M. Eds.: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Permafrost (June 23-27, 1998, Yellowknife, Canada), Centre d'etudes noediques, Universite Laval, Sainte Foy: 711-717.

Anita, M., Watanabe, T., Ishii, Y. (1998): Current state of forest degradation and fuelwood consumption in Palung Village, central Nepal. Proceedings of IUFRO Inter-Divisional Seoul Conference Forest Ecosystem and Land Use in Mountain Areas, Seoul, Korea, 576-581.

Watanabe, T. (1998): Timing of the late Holocene debris supply and glacial fluctuations in Langtang Himal, central Nepal Himalaya. Mitteilung der VAW-ETH Zurich, 158: 207-216.

Kattelmann, R. and Watanabe, T. (1998): Approaches to reducing the hazard of an outburst flood of Imja Glacier Lake, Khumbu Himal. Chalise, S.R. and Khanal, N.R. Eds.: Ecohydrology of high mountain areas. ICIMOD, 359-366.

Watanabe, T., Liu Dali, and Shiraiwa, T. (1998): Slope denudation and the supply of debris to cones in Langtang Himal, central Nepal Himalaya. Geomorphology, 26(1-3): 185-197.

Asahi, K. and Watanabe, T. (1998): New topography map series of Nepal and their problems. Chiri (Geography), 43 (1): 81-85. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (1998): Problems in national parks, 9, Conservation and management in camping sites. Chiri (Geography), 43 (12): 77-83. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (1998): Problems in national parks, 6, Great Smokey Mountains National Park. Chiri (Geography), 43 (8): 95-101. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (1998): Problems in national parks, 3, Langtang National Park. Chiri (Geography), 43 (5): 96-102. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. and Sugawara, Y. (1998): Problems in national parks, 2, Sagarmatha National Park (2). Chiri (Geography), 43 (4): 80-85. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. and Sugawara, Y. (1998): Problems in national parks, 1, Sagarmatha National Park (1). Chiri (Geography), 43 (3): 88-94. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (1997): Estimates of the number of visitors impacting forest resources in the national parks of the Nepal Himalaya. Quarterly Journal of Geography, 49: 15-29.

Matsuoka, N., Hirakawa, K., Watanabe, T. and Moriwaki, K. (1997): Monitoring of periglacial slope processes in the Swiss Alps: the first two years of frost shattering, heave and creep. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 8: 155-177.

Kattelmann, R. and Watanabe, T. (1997): Draining Himalayan glacial lakes before they burst. In: Leavesley, G.H., Lins, H.F., Nobilis, F., Parker, R.S., Schneider, V.R., and van de Ven, F.H.M. Eds.: Destructive water: water-caused natural disasters, their abatement and control. IAHS Publication, No. 239: 337-343.

Watanabe, T. and Rothacher, D. (1996): The 1994 Lugge Tsho glacial lake outburst flood, Bhutan Himalaya. Mountain Research and Development, 16: 77-81.

Watanabe, T. and Ono, Y. (1996): "Human impact on high mountains of Japan", In: M. Ralston, K. Hughey and K. O'Connor: Mountains of East Asia and the Pacific, Centre for Mountain Studies, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand, 70-78.

Watanabe, T., Kameyama, S., and Sato, T. (1995): Imja Glacier dead-ice melt rates and changes in a supra-glacial lake, 1989-1994, Khumbu Himal, Nepal: danger of lake drainage. Mountain Research and Development, 15: 293-300.

Watanabe, T. (1995): Colorado Rocky Mountains. In: Iwata, S., Koaze, T., and Ono, Y. eds.: World’s Mountains. Kokon Shoin, Tokyo, 83-84. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (1995): Langtang Valley. In: Iwata, S., Koaze, T., and Ono, Y. eds.: World’s Mountains. Kokon Shoin, Tokyo, 79-80. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T., Ives, J.D. and Hammond, J.E. (1994): Rapid growth of a glacial lake in Khumbu Himal, Nepal: prospects for a catastrophic flood. Mountain Research and Development, 14: 329-340.

Watanabe, T. (1994): Soil erosion on yak-grazing steps in the Langtang Himal, Nepal. Mountain Research and Development, 14: 171-179.

Watanabe, T. (1994): The Mount Cook rock avalanche of 14 December 1991. Journal of Geography, 103: 77-83. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (1994): Use and current status of Daisetsuzan National Park: Perspective from crowding and soil erosion. Yama-to-Keikoku, No. 709: 238-243. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (1993): Re-examination of the 'protalus ramparts' in the Navajo Glacier area, Colorado Fronst Range, U.S.A., and reconstruction of the Navajo Glacier in the Late Pleistocene/Holocene stades. Journal of Geography, 102: 60-72. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (1993): Difference of friendliness between Nepalese porters and foreign trekkers: Analysis of exchanging greetings. Annals of the Hokkaido Geographical Society, 67: 41-46. (in Japanese)

Ono, Y., Watanabe, T., and Kato, M. (1993): Addressing collaboration of environmental education in the graduate school of Hokkaido University for national park management. National Parks, No. 517: 1-5. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (1992): Recent development of mountain geoecology in the United States. Journal of Geography, 101: 539-555. (in Japanese)

Yamada, T., Shiraiwa, T., Iida, H., Kadota, T., Watanabe, T., Rana, B., Ageta, Y., and Fushimi, H. (1992): Fluctuations of the glaciers from the 1970s to 1989 in the Khumbu, Shorong and Lagtang regions, Nepal Himalayas. Bulletin of Glacier Research, 10: 11-19.

Watanabe, T. (1992): Teteyama, Japanese Alps. In: Stone, P. ed.: The State of the World's Mountains. A Global Report, 148-151, Zed Books, London.

Watanabe, T. (1992): Teteyama. In: Koizumi, T. and Shimizu, C. eds.: Principles of Mountain Natural Science. Kokon Shoin, Tokyo, 100-101. (in Japanese)

Shiraiwa, T. and Watanabe, T. (1991): Late Quaternary glacial fluctuations in the Langtang Valley, Nepal Himalaya, reconstructed by relative dating methods. Arctic and Alpine Research, 23: 404-416.

Watanabe, T. (1990): Relative dating methods mainly applied to glacial and periglacial deposits. The Quaternary Research, 29: 49-77. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (1989): Environmental factors influencing the landscape of the Kuranosuke Cirque, Tateyama Range, Northern Japanese Alps. Mountain Research and Development, 9: 129-144.

Watanabe, T., Shiraiwa, T., and Ono, Y. (1989): Distribution of periglacial landforms in the Langtang Valley, Nepal Himalaya. Bulletin of Glacier Research, 7: 209-220.

Watanabe, T. (1989): Geographical conditions and avalanches in the Lantang village, Nepal Himalaya. Chiri (Geography), 34 (9): 102-108. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (1989): Book Review, Ives, J.D. and Messerli, B. (1989) 'The Himalayan Dilemma: Reconciling Development and Conservation' Routledge, London and New York, 295p., Seppyo, 51: 79. (in Japanese)

Watanabe, T. (1988): Studies of snow accumulation and ablation on perennial snow patches in the mountains of Japan. Progress in Physical Geography, 12: 560-581.

Ono, Y. and Watanabe, T. (1986): A protalus rampart related to alpine debris flows in the Kuranosuke Cirque, Northern Japanese Alps. Geografiska Annalar, 68A: 213-223.

Watanabe, T. (1986): Vegetation landscape and related alpine environmental factors of the Kuranosuke Cirque, Tateyama Range, Northern Japanese Alps. Geographical Review of Japan, 59A: 404-425. (in Japanese)

Matsumoto, E., and Watanabe, T. (1986): Site conditions and the formation of white sand in Northeast Brazil. Latin American Studies, 8: 31-48.

Yamamoto, S., Nishizawa, T., Hayashi, I., Matsumoto, E., Saito, I., Yagasaki, N., Kashiwagi, Y., and Watanabe, T. (1986): Natural environment and land use around Petrolina-Juazeiro, central part of Northeast Brazil. Latin American Studies, 8: 125-147.

Watanabe, T. (1985): Alpine debris flows in the Kuranosuke Cirque, Northern Japanese Alps, central Japan. Transactions, Japanese Geomorphological Union, 6: 303-316. (in Japanese)