[HTML][HTML] Examining forest transition and collective action in Nepal's community forestry

BH Poudyal, D Paudel, K Marquardt, S Khatri - Land Use Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Community forest management led to rapid local forest gain in Nepal: A 29 year mixed methods retrospective case study

AC Smith, K Hurni, J Fox, J Van Den Hoek - Land Use Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite widespread implementation of community forest (CF) management over the last 40
years, limited knowledge exists on CF-level processes that link introduction of CF …

Why is farming important for rural livelihood security in the global south? COVID-19 and changing rural livelihoods in Nepal's mid-hills

D Khatri, K Marquardt, H Fischer, S Khatri… - Frontiers in Human …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
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 …

Influence of rural out-migration on household participation in community forest management? Evidence from the Middle Hills of Nepal

R Bista, S Graybill, Q Zhang, RE Bilsborrow, C Song - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Rural out-migration was a rare socio-economic phenomenon when community forestry
began in the 1980s in Nepal. Now, out-migration significantly influences nearly every aspect …

Out-migration, agricultural abandonment, and community forest management: Drivers of afforestation in privately managed land in Nepal

AC Smith, R Hajjar, KR Kanel, J Fox, S Tuladhar… - Applied …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nepal's forest cover nearly doubled over the last three decades. While Community Forest
(CF) management and agricultural abandonment are primary drivers of forest cover …

Land covers associated with forest expansion hot spots in the Nepal Himalaya

K Budhathoki, J Jamaludin… - Environmental …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Many regions of the Himalaya are experiencing forest expansion, signifying a widespread
forest transition across this fragile mountain system. In the Nepal Himalaya, forest expansion …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive Analysis of Land Use Change and Carbon Sequestration in Nepal from 2000 to 2050 Using Markov Chain and InVEST Models

D Chaulagain, RL Ray, AO Yakub, NN Same, J Park… - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
The escalating pace of migration and urbanization in Nepal has triggered profound
alterations in land use practices. This event has resulted in a considerable diminution of …

The Changing Ecology of a High Himalayan Valley: Challenges to the Sustainable Development of the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area, Eastern Nepal

AC Byers, M Shrestha, A Zackary, EA Byers, B Coburn… - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
The Kanchenjunga Conservation Area (KCA) is a high mountain protected area (MPA) in
eastern Nepal undergoing socioeconomic and environmental changes that are …

Examining socio‐ecological transitions and new human–wildlife relations in farming landscapes of the Nepal Himalaya

D Khatri, D Paudel, BH Poudyal, S Khatri… - Journal of Agrarian …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Wildlife invasion into farmlands is emerging as an acute problem in the Himalayas,
threatening farm‐based livelihood systems of smallholder rural communities. The problem is …

Empowering Absence? Assessing the Impact of Transnational Male Out-Migration on Left behind Wives

S Koirala - Social Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Experiences of left-behind family members of transnational migrant workers have been in
the shadow of academic discourse on migration. To contribute to the slowly growing body of …