Understanding production possibility frontiers and utility values of ecosystem services in the Himalayas: An analysis of the supply-demand divide DOI Creative Commons
Kishor Aryal, Tek Maraseni, Armando Apan

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Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 423, P. 138725 - 138725

Published: Sept. 7, 2023

Nature's services to humanity − ecosystem (ES) have been at the centre of natural resource management scholarships for last few decades. Yet, quantification ES supply and its economic valuation dominated academia. Spatial associations multiple their mutual production possibilities, social dimensions demand, gap between demand not sufficiently articulated in literature, especially Himalayan landscapes. In this context, using satellite images, secondary data household survey (n = 300) local people, we identified supply-demand divide by assessing possibility frontiers central regions Hindu-Kush Himalayas. Among six major that considered research (crop production, timber carbon sequestration, water yield, soil conservation, habitat quality), possibilities other five get diminished with increasing crop production. Timber quality, conservation can be mutually incremental through allocation sufficient forestland areas. Local people's yield is very high as compared those others, yet current state potential largely inadequate meet demands. Instead generalized prescriptions, recommend people- place-based interventions management. Nonetheless, improved agronomic practices integration farming forestry, carbon, climate actions might safe operating space sustainable landscape

Language: Английский

Land use and habitat quality change in the Yellow River Basin: A perspective with different CMIP6-based scenarios and multiple scales DOI Creative Commons

Xianglin Ji,

Yilin Sun, Wei Guo

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Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 345, P. 118729 - 118729

Published: Aug. 3, 2023

Language: Английский

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REDD+ at risk: Emerging ten questions that REDD+ must answer DOI Creative Commons
Kishor Aryal, Tek Maraseni, Bhishma P. Subedi

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Environmental Science & Policy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 156, P. 103744 - 103744

Published: April 1, 2024

As an important initiative of climate action, REDD+ has been increasingly discussed in global policy arena. But delay wider scale yet full-fledged implementation and its poor performance have raised suspects pushed toward a long line "conservation fad". In this paper, we the following ten questions to REDD+: (1) Does address major causes deforestation? (2) contribute emissions reduction? (3) recognize inherent capacity local people manage their forests? (4) respect rights indigenous communities? (5) justify governance countries' sovereignty? (6) ensure transparency program design architecture? (7) give credits carbon sequestering (8) supply sufficient reasons current price? (9) achieve goals through voluntary markets? (10) sustainability ongoing projects? While discussing questions, referred environmental issues deforestation, emissions, transparency, decentralized governance, communities, market, price effect, other various contemporary issues. We argue that could be low-hanging fruit act as complimentary action goal if it can under those questions.

Language: Английский

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Navigating climate change: Impacts on indigenous practices concerning agrifood systems in Nepal's socio-ecological landscape DOI Creative Commons
Hari Prasad Pandey, Suman Aryal,

Bishnu Hari Poudyal

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Sustainable Horizons, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14, P. 100143 - 100143

Published: April 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Does increasing forest age lead to greater trade-offs in ecosystem services? A study of a Robinia pseudoacacia artificial forest on the Loess Plateau, China DOI
Danyang Zhao, Huaxing Bi, Ning Wang

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The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 926, P. 171737 - 171737

Published: March 18, 2024

Language: Английский

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Decoupling REDD+ understanding of local stakeholders on the onset of materializing carbon credits from forests in Nepal DOI Creative Commons
Hari Prasad Pandey, Tek Maraseni, Armando Apan

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Forest Ecosystems, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11, P. 100239 - 100239

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Unlocking the tapestry of conservation: Navigating ecological resettlement policies in Nepal DOI Creative Commons
Hari Prasad Pandey, Tek Maraseni, Armando Apan

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The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 946, P. 174335 - 174335

Published: July 1, 2024

Conservation initiatives involve a complex interplay of various ecological, socio-political, and economic factors. Ecological resettlement (ER), implemented within the context nature conservation policies, stands as one most contested issues worldwide. This study aims to navigate domain ER policy in through discursive institutionalism arrangement approach. Focusing on Nepal's pathways over last seven decades, we critically analyze ideas narratives, trends, patterns development, institutional arrangements, driving factors, responses contemporary policies. Methods involved systematic literature review (n = 271), comprehensive documents project reports > 150), expert interviews 20). Over past 50 years, >7600 households Nepal have been displaced name are still persisting despite rhetoric participatory conservation. With changes political regimes, has shifted from hunting-focused approach landscape-level transboundary Initially influenced by internal factors such governance, policies were later shaped international discourse. Also, operational sphere narratives - including actors, resources, discourses, rules along with priorities, changed time. Further, exclusion deprived communities capture benefits elites undermined values. research stresses importance judicious balance between people's welfare nature's integrity, emphasizing community-based natural resource management models accredited standard. We further urge revision displacement-oriented secure rights Indigenous people traditional landholders, thereby ensuring sustainable development at both national global levels.

Language: Английский

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Achieving SOC Conservation without Land-Use Changes between Agriculture and Forests DOI Open Access
Hari Prasad Pandey, Tek Maraseni, Armando Apan

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Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(16), P. 7207 - 7207

Published: Aug. 22, 2024

Global land-use changes impact soil’s ability to perform essential functions. This study investigates whether soil organic carbon (SOC) can be conserved without altering land use in traditional farming systems and degraded natural forests, focusing on ‘disturbed’ agricultural soils ‘undisturbed’ forest soils. We also examine the influence of dominant crops SOC within top 30 cm data-deficient regions Nepal. Using a multi-stage cluster sampling design, we tested 12 regression models identify best relationships among variables such as SOC, bulk density (BD), pH, crops, climate, topography, management practices. Our analysis revealed similar levels both disturbed undisturbed soils, indicating significant degradation forested areas, whereas could support preserve farm-based indigenous knowledge alongside food security. Further, stocks varied significantly (p < 0.05) across different cropping systems, suggesting that managing strategy optimize with these serving indicators. Additionally, our results show weak linear correlation between BD regularly farmlands, where anthropogenic activities frequently alter density, may misleading when estimating density-dependent SOC. finding suggests need for further research into varying degrees disturbance confirm results. While site-specific nature findings warrants caution respect generalization, they provide valuable insights monitoring, climate actions, ecosystem health, particularly data-poor regions.

Language: Английский

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Lessons from a participatory forest restoration program on socio-ecological and environmental aspects in Nepal DOI Creative Commons
Hari Prasad Pandey, Tek Maraseni, Armando Apan

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Trees Forests and People, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 100854 - 100854

Published: April 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Comparing global and local land cover maps for ecosystem management in the Himalayas DOI
Kishor Aryal, Armando Apan, Tek Maraseni

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Remote Sensing Applications Society and Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 30, P. 100952 - 100952

Published: March 15, 2023

Language: Английский

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Comparison of Planted Pine versus Natural Mix Forests in Nepal DOI Open Access
Hari Prasad Pandey, Tek Maraseni,

Shila Pokhrel

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Forests, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(6), P. 1070 - 1070

Published: June 20, 2024

This study aimed to compare the socio-environmental benefits of one most widely planted forest species, i.e., Pinus roxburghii (Sarg., hereafter ‘Pine’ or ‘Pinus’) with naturally regenerated mixed forests in two community Nepal. By analyzing tree rings, we estimate biomass production, carbon accumulation, and growth enhancement both types using regression models, offering insights into sustainable management. exhibit instant social through direct economic conversion a higher rate sequestration. However, lack perpetuated due unimodal stand structures, necessitates anthropogenic interventions for long-term sustainability. Challenges such as absence natural regeneration, frequent fires, limited undergrowth, species diversity, likely soil erosion hinder sustainability forests. In contrast, offer slow sequestration less opportunity immediate conversion, yet they maintain proportional age-class distribution experience minimal fire incidence, abundant biodiversity, lower regeneration costs. Although no abrupt environmental disasters were observed dendrochronological assessment, significant positive correlation (p < 0.05) was found between age girth at breast height, biomass, volume underscores crucial role human intervention beyond conventional management focusing on protection motive production-oriented optimizing socio-economic changing challenges informed planning.

Language: Английский

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