Essays about: "Chitwan"

Found 5 essays containing the word Chitwan.

  1. 1. ‘What the Monkey ate before, and what he is eating now’ : a small-scale case study of local climate change adaptation in rural Nepal

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Gerrit Jan Hofert; [2020]
    Keywords : community-based adaptation; local adaptation plans of action; climate change adaptation; climate vulnerability; participation;

    Abstract : Community-based adaptation (CBA), a decentralized bottom-up climate planning approach, has become increasingly important in the corresponding literature and in practice. CBA is a significant part of the debate of how to create and provide sustainable and adaptive solutions to the negative effects of climate change. READ MORE

  3. 2. Synergies and trade-offs between REDD+ pilot project and communities’ livelihoods : case study in Nepal

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Priscilla Cubo; [2018]
    Keywords : carbon trading; community forestry; Nepal; NTFPs; REDD ; rural livelihood;

    Abstract : Carbon trading through Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, forest conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of carbon stocks (REDD+) payment scheme has been initiated to reduce greenhouse gas emission from deforestation and forest degradation. However, there are several critics about the implementation of REDD+ in developing countries. READ MORE

  4. 3. Zero poaching and social sustainability in protected areas : a study of Chitwan National Park, Nepal

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Hitesh Pant; [2016]
    Keywords : zero poaching; fortress conservation; Chitwan; Gramsci; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Protected areas (PAs) embody a historical legacy of value contestation and human exclusion. While the rise of community-based conservation in the 1980s sought to reconfigure this mechanism by running a counter narrative arguing that biodiversity conservation and development were mutually reinforcing objectives, exclusionary PAs continue to maintain a strong position in the conservation discourse. READ MORE

  5. 4. The slippery slopes of forest governance in the Chure range : a case study of an intervention of environmental development within local forest management in Nepal

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Hanna Bjärnlid; [2016]
    Keywords : governance; governmentality; interventions; Nepal; community forestry; rural development;

    Abstract : Nepal has been portrayed as a leading country in implementing community forestry, a forest management method which puts the responsibility of forest management on local communities to mitigate forest degradation. The socioeconomically important and geologically fragile Chure range, where a third of forest is managed by community forest groups, has received special political attention the last few years and due to reported environmental degradation across the area. READ MORE

  6. 5. Effects of management and disturbance gradients on a bird fauna in Chitwan National Park and its Buffer zone

    University essay from SLU/Swedish Biodiversity Centre

    Author : Radha Wagle; [2009]
    Keywords : Bird species diversity; buffer forest; community forest; disturbance; management; national park; peoples’ perception; Nepal;

    Abstract : Chitwan National Park pioneered a participatory model of conservation as a buffer zone management programme in Nepal. Buffer Zone Community Forests have been handed over to the community for sustainable use of resources, and provide benefits to both wildlife and people. READ MORE