Designed to help students understand the multiple levels at which human populations
respond to their surroundings, this essential text offers the most complete discussion of …

Because of the influence of climate change and human activities, an in-depth analysis of
land use/cover change (LUCC) and its drivers in Nepal is important for local community …

Climate change has major impacts on the livelihoods of forest-dependent communities. The
unpredictable weather conditions in rural Nepal have been attributed to a changing climate …

Background Indigenous biocultural knowledge is a vital part of Nepalese environmental
management strategies; however, much of it may soon be lost given Nepal's rapidly …

Globally, human–wildlife conflict (HWC) is a burning issue, which the conservationists have
attempted to address through various conservation strategies. One of the widely adopted …

On a daily basis, political decisions are made, often with their full extent of impact being
unclear. Not seldom, the decisions and policy measures implemented result in direct or …

This paper examines the transfer of management rights over forests and natural resources
and exercise of such rights by various sections of local communities in Protected Area (PA) …

There are a tremendous need and increasing interests now in the design and development
of integrated landscape approaches toward 'reducing emissions from deforestation and …

Deforestation in Nepal threatens the functioning of complex social–ecological systems,
including rural populations that depend on forests for subsistence, as well as Nepal's …

The Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) mechanism has been pursued as a means to
provide incentives for achieving conservation goals while also promoting rural development …