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Book Synopsis Investigating Tropical Forest Cover Change in Nepal's Terai Forests by : Elizabeth C. Louis
Download or read book Investigating Tropical Forest Cover Change in Nepal's Terai Forests written by Elizabeth C. Louis and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Community Forestry in Nepal by : Richard Thwaites
Download or read book Community Forestry in Nepal written by Richard Thwaites and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-11 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community forestry focuses on the link between forest resources and livelihoods and contributes to forest conservation and reforestation. It is widespread in Nepal, with a very high proportion of the rural population involved, and is widely recognized as one of the most successful examples of community forestry in Asia. Through a combination of literature reviews and original research, this volume explores key experiences and outcomes of community forestry in Nepal over the last four decades as a model for improving forest management and supporting local livelihoods. The book takes a critical approach, recognizing successes, especially in forest conservation and restoration, along with mixed outcomes in terms of poverty reduction and benefits to forest users. It recognizes the way that community forestry has continued to evolve to meet new challenges, including the global challenges of climate change, environmental degradation and conservation, as well as national demographic and social changes due to large-scale labour migration and the growing remittance economy. In addition to examining the changes and responses, the book explores ways that community forestry in Nepal might move forward. Lessons from Nepal have relevance to community forestry and community-based approaches to natural resource management around the world that are also experiencing global pressures and opportunities.
Book Synopsis The Social Dynamics of Deforestation by : John Soussan
Download or read book The Social Dynamics of Deforestation written by John Soussan and published by Parthenon Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concern with deforestation in tropical regions is increasing and this book is a consideration of the social, economic and environmental issues, with special reference to the situation in Nepal. In its examination of the complex interactions of factors which affect the management of forests, this volume should be of interest to all those concerned with deforestation and its consequences.
Book Synopsis Land Cover Change and Its Eco-environmental Responses in Nepal by : Ainong Li
Download or read book Land Cover Change and Its Eco-environmental Responses in Nepal written by Ainong Li and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-08-22 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a systematic investigation of the ecological and environmental issues related to the land cover changes in Nepal by researchers from both China and Nepal. It discusses the eco-environmental issues faced by Nepal, particularly in the hills and mountain regions. It also sheds light on the global concerns regarding the eco-environment issues of mountains, and analyzes the various causes and potential consequences of eco-environmental degradation in Nepal. The book is of particular interest to students, researchers, experts, and decision-makers wanting to gain a general overview of land cover in Nepal and its dynamics, environment and natural resources, as well as mountain hazards.
Book Synopsis Interests and Power as Drivers of Community Forestry by : Rosan Raj Devkota
Download or read book Interests and Power as Drivers of Community Forestry written by Rosan Raj Devkota and published by Universitätsverlag Göttingen. This book was released on 2010 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Tropical Forest, Geospatial Data and REDD+ by : Ram Avtar
Download or read book Tropical Forest, Geospatial Data and REDD+ written by Ram Avtar and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an increasing role of tropical forests supporting a range of ecosystem services, biodiversity conservation, water regulation, soil conservation, timber, non-timber forest products, carbon sequestration, and climate change mitigation, the importance of forest resources management has become very crucial. The tropical forests of Indochina countries are rich in biodiversity and carbon density, and thus are significant from social, ecological, political and economic aspects. These forests provide essential livelihoods to the local and indigenous people. Rapid economic growth, agriculture expansion, illegal logging, population growth, and urbanisation have been reported as major contributors to almost all cases of deforestation. Due to rapid development, forest resources are at a great risk. The FRA 2010 report shows that deforestation caused a loss of about 13 million hectares of tropical forests per year from the year 2000 to 2010. Therefore, there is an urgent need for better management of these resources. This book partially contributes towards climate change mitigation by implementing the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) mechanism. To mitigate climate change, most present studies are now concentrated on afforestation, reforestation and reducing deforestation and degradation. This book is focused on the application of multi-sensor remote sensing techniques to manage Cambodian forests for the effective implementation of the REDD+ mechanism. In this context, it is important to obtain reliable and consistent information of (a) forest cover, (b) deforestation, and (c) forest biomass to estimate CO2 emissions for the improvement of national carbon accounting. Additionally, this information will also be used for the development of the measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) system and for the management of forest resources to support sustainable forest management. Current knowledge is very limited with regard to the MRV system for REDD+ mechanism implementation. This book demonstrates the use of multi-sensor remote sensing techniques to manage the forest resources more sustainably. Further, it includes a concept on how precisely we can measure various forest parameters to minimise the uncertainty and to validate the results based on field data. The study is very much interdisciplinary in nature. It integrates core remote sensing techniques with the socio-economic angle of the REDD+ mechanism. It emphasises on remote sensing as a technique for ensuring the MRV of REDD+ initiatives, taking into consideration its cost effectiveness in implementation.
Book Synopsis Forest Resource Access by : Akhileshwar Lall Karna
Download or read book Forest Resource Access written by Akhileshwar Lall Karna and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of Nepal's rural population use timber, fuel wood, fodder, and non-timber forest products for their subsistence. However, the state and ruling elites have been exploiting forests in order to generate funds and resources to maintain their power by distributing them to royal relatives, high-ranking officials, political supporters and hill migrants throughout Nepal's Tarai. The growing population and rate of migration from the hills to the Tarai have put considerable pressure on the Tarai forests, resulting in the conversion of forest into agricultural land and causing environmental degradation. This thesis presents detailed qualitative and quantitative research findings from an empirical study in Bara district in the Tarai to develop clear understanding of the complexities of the social situation and the dynamics of how different groups' livelihood use of forests has been affected by rapid forest conversion. It also examines the diversity of responses of both socio-economic and institutional adaptation in the wake of forest decline and scarcity of forest products, with a specific focus on the coping strategies of the Tarai's indigenous people. A critical analysis is presented of how the poorest, who are most dependent on forest resources, have been most negatively affected by access restrictions to government managed forests, community forests, collaborative forest management and private forests. The varying impacts of access regimes on households located at different distances from the forest are presented to show the current limitations of both 'community forestry' and 'collaborative forestry' policies. This thesis illustrates how community forestry and collaborative forest management are not unproblematic when mediated by Nepal's complex caste, class and power relations. The evidence presented shows how the existing systems fall short of this. The study contributes to the growing body of literature that examines the ways in which local populations have been excluded from their traditional use-rights to forest resources, and explains how state-led policies and practices are biased in favour of elites. The roots of the problem are found to be government policies that lack a propoor orientation and local elites who create opportunities for themselves at the expense of the poor.
Book Synopsis A Geographical Study of Some Influencing Factors in Nepal's Forest Cover Change from 1964-1999 by : Rajesh Karki
Download or read book A Geographical Study of Some Influencing Factors in Nepal's Forest Cover Change from 1964-1999 written by Rajesh Karki and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Private Sector Involvement and Investment in Nepal's Forestry Sector: Status, Prospects and Ways Forward by : Bhishma P. Subedi
Download or read book Private Sector Involvement and Investment in Nepal's Forestry Sector: Status, Prospects and Ways Forward written by Bhishma P. Subedi and published by Multi Stakeholder Forestry Programme. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This national level study conducted by Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources (ANSAB) and its consortium partners on behalf of the Multi Stakeholder Forestry Programme (MSFP) of Nepal, assesses and analyses the current status and future potential of developing economically viable and socially and environmentally responsible forest-based industries leading to sustainable, green and inclusive development model in Nepal. The study has prioritized forest enterprises along four major subsectors, namely, timber, non-timber forest products, ecosystem services (especially ecotourism and carbon) and forest bioenergy and developed a thorough understanding of the current status and future potential of the private sector involvement and investment in these subsectors along with the development of appropriate intervention strategies.
Book Synopsis Diversity, Disturbance and Restoration of Forests in Terai and Siwalik of Central Nepal by : Ramesh Prasad Sapkota
Download or read book Diversity, Disturbance and Restoration of Forests in Terai and Siwalik of Central Nepal written by Ramesh Prasad Sapkota and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forests are sources of livelihood for millions of people across the globe. Though the status of overall forest cover in some countries is increasing, degradation is still occurring when viewed over smaller spatial scales in both developing and developed countries. In this dissertation, we investigated the changes in structural attributes of woody species as a result of interaction between anthropogenic disturbances and management practices, and assessed effectiveness of passive restoration in the Terai and Siwalik forests of Central Nepal. Anthropogenic disturbances (primarily associated with human subsistence uses) are the common issues observed in Nepalese forest ecosystems. With realization of impacts of disturbances, management activities for improving the ecological situations are also ongoing in these forests. Forest management committees, however, cannot totally restrict local people from extraction of forest resources. Local people enter forests for collection of their daily subsistence needs such as fodder, grass, fuelwood, litter, timber etc. To observe this complex scenario of management and disturbance interaction and how the interaction has affected structural attributes of the forests (Chapter II), a 2 km transect was laid down in each sampled forest to characterize the disturbance gradient from edge to interior. Forest management is focused near human settlements or the most degraded sites, so we hypothesized there must be changes in structural attributes of forest ecosystems in this complex interplay. Sampling included six, 1 ha. plots at intervals of 300 m starting at a distance of 150 m from the settlement areas. The study was conducted in three Buffer Zone Community Forests (BZCFs), viz. Radha Krishna BZCF, Musharni Mai BZCF and Janajagaran BZCF, including one control forest inside Parsa Wildlife Reserve (currently designated as Parsa National Park). We did not observe a linear relationship of increase or decrease in total stem density of woody species moving from edge to interior, but species diversity (Shannon-Wiener and 1-Simpson’s indices) of the woody plants decreased when examined from edge towards interior of the forests. When we segregate dominant tree species Shorea robusta and other species, there was a linear trend of increase in density, basal area and importance value index (IVI) of species other than S. robusta while moving towards interior from forest edges. This suggests management practices ongoing in the forests are mostly focused on protecting S. robusta in the edges with less consideration for other species. Multivariate analysis showed comparatively higher dissimilarity between edge forest sites and interior forest sites in BZCFs, but less dissimilarity was observed within sites of control forest. To determine shift in diameter distribution of woody species with respect to disturbance gradients (Chapter III), we categorized each BZCF sites up to 600 m, 600 to 1200 m and > 1200 m as highly disturbed, moderately disturbed and undisturbed sites, respectively. Other (proxy) indicators of subsistence dependence and anthropogenic disturbances were also used for categorizing the treatments. A significant decrease in observed richness of woody plant species (overall: p
Book Synopsis Assessing Forest Cover Changes of an Inner Terai District in Nepal by Means of Remote Sensing by : K. C. Yam Bahadur
Download or read book Assessing Forest Cover Changes of an Inner Terai District in Nepal by Means of Remote Sensing written by K. C. Yam Bahadur and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Participatory Forestry by : Mary Hobley
Download or read book Participatory Forestry written by Mary Hobley and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Climate-change Impacts on the Biodiversity of the Terai Arc Landscape and the Chitwan--Annapurna Landscape by : Gokarna Jung Thapa
Download or read book Climate-change Impacts on the Biodiversity of the Terai Arc Landscape and the Chitwan--Annapurna Landscape written by Gokarna Jung Thapa and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Reframing Governance by : Hemant R. Ojha
Download or read book Reframing Governance written by Hemant R. Ojha and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Principles and practice of forest landscape restoration : case studies from the drylands of Latin America by : Adrian C. Newton
Download or read book Principles and practice of forest landscape restoration : case studies from the drylands of Latin America written by Adrian C. Newton and published by IUCN. This book was released on 2011 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tropical Forest Update written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Analysis of Conflict in Community Forestry by : Kanta Khanal
Download or read book Analysis of Conflict in Community Forestry written by Kanta Khanal and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: