Nepal is going through a major socio-economic transition in rural areas and hence in forest
management practices, leading to changes in and evolution of new forest-people …

Twenty first century faces unprecedented challenges for the management of global
waterways. The Himalayan waterways in Asia are exposed to unpredictable climatic …

Halting and reversing global forest loss is a key priority for sustainable development
pathways. Multiple countries in the Global South have recently transitioned from net forest …

Mountains are critical ecosystems that have a strong influence far beyond their topographic
boundaries. More than 50 million people inhabit the Himalayas, and more than one billion …

Ongoing global changes can make unprecedented alterations in the state of some natural
resources and their ecosystems services (ESs), especially in mountain agricultural …

Reducing conflict between humans and wildlife is considered a top conservation priority.
However, increasingly human-induced disturbances across natural landscapes have …

Over the last three decades, Nepal has experienced a rapid transition in rural livelihoods,
from largely subsistence farming to more diversified off-farm employment and remittances …

Forests have long been locations of contestation between people and state bureaucracies,
and among the knowledge frameworks of local users, foresters, ecologists, and …

Accurate remote sensing of mountainous forest cover change is important for myriad social
and ecological reasons, but is challenged by topographic and illumination conditions that …

Household biogas systems are a renewable energy technology with the potential to provide
sustainable development benefits by reducing pressure on forest stocks and by shifting …