natural resources
Destruction of forest and erosion, problems of water balance and even natural catastrophes: all these are consequences of the excessive exploitation of natural resources. The relation between socio-economic structure and its resulting pressure on ecosystems is analysed as one aspect of ecological-geographical investigations, taking Gorkha as an example.
The population of Gorkha is made...
Review of: Pokherel, J. C.; 1996, Environmental Resource Negotiation Btween Unequal Powers. Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi, India.
This book attempts to build a conceptual framework on negotiation by particularly applying Roger Fisher's works on Negotiating Power. Studies on negotiation from a weak nation's perspective and strategies pursued by weak nations in enhancing power are of...
Innumerable studies about Nepal have pointed out the severe degradation of forests in the country. SOme of the studies have gone one step further and have included aspects of utilisation and have looked at the impact of degradation upon the local population. At the same time, there is a vast body of studies on (environmental) policies, which also, or primarily, include issues of implementation...
One of the most pressing challenges of the 21st century is to develop a means of satisfying the water demands of an ever-expanding human population while at the same time protecting the aquatic ecosystems and ecological services upon which all life depends. Achieving Sustainable Freshwater Systems brings together experts from a wide range of disciplines to present key insights and information...
On the occasion of the International Year of Mountains, and in response to the clear consensus reached by the international community regarding the need to ensure harmonious and sustainable development of mountainous areas and watersheds, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and its partners in the subject, undertook a large-scale assessment and global review of...
This publication contains the proceedings of an international conference, held in Pitlochry, Scotland in November 2002, to mark the UN International Year of Mountains 2002. The conference participants discussed the state of current knowledge about the mountains of Northern Europe and considered issues arising from the interactions between people and nature, and the conservation and sustainable...
The formulation of natural resource management policy generally involves science, socio-economic environment and legal framework. The thrust of the management policy is to derive maximum benefits from the natural resources while at the same time ensuring that the ecological integrity is not compromised. The basic scientific process elements such as ecological stability, resistance levels,...
In July, 2006 the authors had the pleasure of working in Bhutan with the emerging Ugyen Wangchuck Environment and Forestry Institute (UWEFI). Along with others (i.e., several American academics, a Danish forester, and Bhutanese representatives from the Natural Resource Training Institute, government agencies and the private sector), they examined conservation education goals and institutional...
The process of institutional changes in the forestry sector of Pakistan was initiated by the Government of Pakistan with support from different donor agencies during the mid-1990s. This paper analyses a participatory forest management initiative in the milieu of local social realities (such as customary forest use, power relations and livelihood concerns) and the actors who are part of these...
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