Apsana Kafle

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Role of community forestry in past four decades of Forest Management

Published On: October 15, 2018 10:38 AM NPT By: Apsana Kafle

Looking back to the paradigm shift of forest management in Nepal, community forestry is not an old practice. The emergence of community forestry and its policy in Nepal took place only after the failure of meritocratic forest management system which had already sacrificed the majority of the hill forests (Hobley, 1996).

Devastating rise in temperatures

Published On: June 5, 2017 10:16 AM NPT By: Apsana Kafle

Climate change is an imminent threat to the global environment, and one of the leading causes of climate change can be seen in under-developed countries like Nepal where 25.2 percent of the people are living below the poverty line. Nepal has seen many disasters caused by climate change, such as the melting of snow-caps on mountains and glaciers which has further led to calamities like floods.