A5062749653- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- African Botany and Ecology Studies
- Fern and Epiphyte Biology
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
- Piperaceae Chemical and Biological Studies
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
Nepal Water Conservation Foundation
2014-2025
Tribhuvan University
2018
Climate change is causing shifts in the habitat, distribution, ecology, and phenology of Himalayan plants. These changes are predicted to continue, jeopardizing survival medicinal plant species local livelihoods that rely on them. We analyzed present future diversity distribution influenced by different climate scenarios, calculated climatic niche using ensemble modeling (eSDM). compiled 1041 (N) geospatial data seven high-value Nepal: Aconitum spicatum (n = 100), Allium wallichii 151),...
ABSTRACT Ensuring the long‐term persistence of snow leopards ( Panthera uncia ) in changing landscapes requires a deep understanding their spatial ecology and movement behavior. To maintain viable metapopulations ensure gene flow between populations, there is an urgent need to develop sound effective conservation plans. This study presents findings from Nepal's first GPS telemetry leopards, shedding light on home range size, habitat selection, transboundary movements. data were collected...
ABSTRACT By studying the population structure and spatial characteristics, relationship between tree‐ferns environment can be reflected, which has high practical significance. In this study, we employed an ensemble distribution model to evaluate relative contribution of various environmental variables predict suitable habitats for tree‐fern across past, present, future periods. Fieldwork was carried out May–June 2019 September 2022 in 11 districts Nepal sampling collecting geocoordinates....
The impacts of climate change were severe on indigenous medicinal plant species and their dependent communities. harvesting calendar picking sites these no longer coinciding the changes affecting harvesters' cultivators' abilities to collect use those species. Secondary sites: road-heads, wastelands, regenerated forests, so forth, being prioritized for collection nonindigenous increasingly introduced into medical repertoire as a substitution diversify local stock. Acceptance application...
Summary Programmes focused on buffer zones (BZs) and park revenue-sharing (PRS) are aimed at sharing protected area (PA) benefits with local communities to meet their development needs and, in turn, improve the PA–people relationship. However, whether how these programmes public attitudes towards PAs is little understood. We assessed residents perceive benefit burdens of Nepal’s BZ programme, which shares up 50% PA revenue communities, this process relates perceptions change relationship...
Protected areas (PA) often adopt buffer zone program to share PA benefit with local people and improve community support for conservation. However, the effectiveness of such policies is still unknown. By utilizing household survey data from six PAs (n = 2,121), we assessed contribution Nepal's Buffer Zone Program in conservation sustainable development. While residents showed limited knowledge about program's specific details perceived that funds were too minimal have a substantial...
Aim Human-wildlife conflict is one of the major challenges in Kanchenjunga Conservation Area. It may erode public support wildlife conservation. Here, we review extent to which damages livestock and crops.
 Location Lelep Yamphudin region, Area, Taplejung, Nepal
 Materials methodsThe study employed a combination surveying methods such as focus group discussion, key informant interview field observation from 21 July 06 August 2013. Focus discussion was done primarily with...
This paper identified ecosystem services of Panchase Protected Forest (PPF) in the mid-hills western Nepal using Economics Ecosystem and Biodiversity (TEEB) framework. Transect walk, focus group discussion, key informants interview expert’s consultation were used. study revealed that PPF offered wide range including provisioning, regulating habitat, cultural amenity services. Provisioning by included food (35 species), raw materials (22 energy (17 medicines (40 ornamental resources (3...
Forest and water are important entities for sustaining life on earth. In a terrestrial ecosystem, linkages between the creates mosaic benefiting wildlife by creating suitable habitat. turn, communities get benefits stemming up from ecosystem services such as fodder, fuelwood, water. We present case study forest restoration project to assess forest, across Lamahi bottleneck area in Terai Arc Landscape. used combination of surveys canopy cover change (2001-2016) analysis followed household...
The Ramsar Convention came into force in Nepal 1988 and it was an expression of the country’s commitment to wetland conservation. Despite this, wetlands continue degrade rapidly across Nepal. This paper examines cross-cutting issue governance with a case site, sheds light on recent developments identifies its implications for future. Wetland conservation has remained centralized past, power vested state manage through ministries district offices. irony is that numerous sectoral agencies...