ORCID Profile
0000-0001-7164-5592
Current Organisation
Institute of Forestry
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Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 22-06-2015
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2018
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 06-06-2019
DOI: 10.1007/S10661-019-7514-0
Abstract: Wetlands support livelihoods of millions of people in developing countries. However, wetland land cover change, as a result of growing population and subsequent anthropogenic activities, has been evident at a global scale, and ongoing micro-climate alteration has further deteriorating its ecological condition. Nepal is equally vulnerable to wetland changes that can have direct effects on the sustenance of local wetland-dependent people. This study thus attempts to look at how wetland areas of Nepal are undergoing changes, taking a case of Ghodaghodi Lake Complex (GLC). Remote sensing technique, climate, and population data were used in the analysis aided by focus group discussions and key informant interviews. Results showed that total population of the study area has been increased drastically in recent decades. Landsat image analysis for 25 years (1989-2016) depicts changes in the GLC in its land cover, with maximum expansion observed in settlement followed by river and banks, whereas maximum reduction was observed in forests, followed by areas of agricultural land and lake. Similarly, diurnal temperature is increasing while total annual rainfall is slightly decreasing during the same period. Locals have perceived ecological degradation in the GLC due to both anthropogenic pressure and climatic variability. The study outlines linkage of drivers for GLC degradation and finally makes recommendations to achieve longer term sustainability of the lake complex.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 02-2016
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 06-2017
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2023
Publisher: Resilience Alliance, Inc.
Date: 2015
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2022
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2017
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 24-06-2016
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 03-01-2021
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Date: 27-04-2014
DOI: 10.1155/2014/680102
Abstract: This study documents aquatic and terrestrial/riparian bio ersity in an anthropogenically disturbed Ramsar site, the Ghodaghodi Lake complex, in the Western Nepal surveyed during the summer season (March-April) of 2007. The study site comprises three major interconnected lakes: Ghodaghodi (138 ha), Nakharodi (70 ha), and Bainshwa (10 ha). Five transect lines for aquatic macrophytes and three transect lines and 37 s ling plots were laid to s le terrestrial/riparian plants, birds, and animals. Five s le plots were established for fish and aquatic bird. A total of 45 species of aquatic macrophytes, 54 species of terrestrial/riparian vegetation, 19 fish species, 41 bird species, 17 mammals (endangered and vulnerable), and 5 reptiles (critically endangered, vulnerable, and near threatened) were recorded at the lake complex. Local people have used most of the aquatic and terrestrial plants for different purposes while many of the potential medicinal plant species were still untapped. Persistent anthropogenic threats, like excessive harvesting and poaching, habitat destruction—population pressure, forest fragmentation, siltation, fertilizer and pesticide seepage, water pollution, overgrazing, and unmanaged irrigation system found over the lake complex, endangered the existing bio ersity. The suggested remedial measures are further exploration of medicinal potential, prioritization of in situ bio ersity conservation strategies, and implementation of awareness program at local level against anthropogenic threats.
Publisher: Springer India
Date: 2017
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 25-01-2018
Location: Nepal
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