deforestation
- August 19, 2013 - August 30, 2013
- Application Ends On : August 12, 2013
Monitoring is important in implementing afforestation and reforestation projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). This e-learning course presents the methods for carbon monitoring in these types of projects, and includes three modules:
- Module 1:...
It is widely acknowledged that improving forest governance is an important prerequisite for sustainable forest management and reducing deforestation and forest degradation. Making governance work better for people and forests is not an easy task. Divergent interests, imbalanced power relations and unequal access to information, decision-making, resources and benefits all...
<p>We must mitigate and adapt to climate change. On this, the international community is agreed. But exactly how to do that is still up for debate. There were high hopes that last year’s UN climate talks in Copenhagen would deliver a legally binding agreement for action on climate change. But the outcome — the Copenhagen Accord — was instead a political...
The observations concerning land use and geological damages in the study area of Gorkha were carried out as part of an ecological and geographical project sponsored by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinscaft (DFG). Field work took place in July, October and December of 1983. The research area was fixed by the topographic map "Gorkha - Sirdi Khola: 1:5000" by R Kostka and E Schneider. In particular...
Forests have been an important component of the earth's environment ever since the planet cooled sufficiently to support life. Forest is a very important resource for keeping the environment clean and in a balanced state particularly in a mountainous country like Nepal. As a result of population pressure on the forest resources such as shifting cultivation, over grazing, commercial felling of...
The Terai, considered the granary of Nepal, is facing serious threat from siltation originating from the Churia hills mainly due to heavy deforestation together with forest and watershed degradation. Discussions with local community people revealed that no such problem existed 5-6 decades ago when the Churia forest was intact. All the forestry sector policies had recognized the Churia hills as...
Research into the present-day forest issues in NWFP has always recognised the importance of the historical past. Even today, people recall the period under the Walis as a golden age and suggest that forest-related rules be made as during the time of the Walis. However, very little was known about the details of forestry in the areas that comprised the princely State of Swat, and Kalam –...
(NCCR) North-South is based on a network of partnerships with research institutions in the South and East, focusing on the analysis and mitigation of syndromes of global change and globalisation. Its sub-group named IP6 focuses on institutional change and livelihood strategies: State policies as well as other regional and international institutions – which are exposed to and embedded in...
Development of forest areas, particularly in the mountain regions of NWFP, is faced with the two-key challenges of poverty alleviation and environmental conservation.
According to State of the World's Forests, published by FAO (Food and Agricultural Organisation), only 2.36m hectare of land in Pakistan is under forest cover, which constitutes 3.1% of the total land area in country and...
The present paper assesses the access to livelihood assets in rural areas of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Considering the highland-lowland context, it subsequently analyses the market and non-market importance of forest resources for rural households. The analysis is based on data from three selected study locations in the province, collected through a field survey carried out...
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