All dear esteemed readers

At present age of information technology, the roles being played by internet and website are quite important. Every sector and every people in developed country has been attached with the internet. Since few years the Nepalese people are also getting benefit with the development of internet services inside country. Increasing number of Cyber cafes has been playing vital roles to popularize (or let's say to familiarize) about internet facilities among Nepalese. None, however there is mushrooming organization from governmental and non governmental sectors involvement, played the expected roles to improve the situation. The development of IT inside country is solely due to the efforts from people. The government and so called NGOs and Commission are doing nothing except lip service.

I have just completed the report on my project work done in Central Aceh, Indonesia. The subject is quite interesting from genetic point of view however I did analyse only the needle morphological variation.

Abstract: The study on needle morphological variation within and among population of Pinus merkusii in central Aceh has been conducted in November, 2007 with the main objective of identifying the needle morphological variability of P. merkusii. The length of needles and fascicle, shape of the needle and stomata density are taken as the major traits to identify the variability. Altogether 1820 needles from 90 trees from 6 populations were collected and analysed for morphological traits. Out of these, 60 needles from 6 populations were microscopically studied for stomata density. The lengths and shape of needles are found significantly different according to population whereas the stomata density is found insignificant.

The CO2 in the global has been increasing annually. The anthropogenic activities are the main causes for Carbon increase. The burning of fossil fuels, uncontrolled industrial growths, deforestation etc are the major causes for atmospheric carbon increase. The forests have been decreasing with rampant size. Each year the global primary and secondary forests have been reduced tremendously in size effecting carbon growth, resulting global temperature increase causing green house effect and climatic change. In this aspect the attached file describes it in detail on the topic.

Provenance has the great effect on the production of tree and in its quality. The provenance trial has been the major aspects of forest research since long time. It has the history of hundreds year in developed countries like Germany and the USA but in developing countries like Nepal, it has been the new development however the realization of its importance has begun.

The Community nearby the forest have benefits and difficulties due to the forest and wildlife. They can hence be considered as the major stakeholders of the forest. If they are given tenureship upon the forest, they can manage the forest properly benefiting themselves. But in many cases (for example in Africa, and Latin America), this is not taken as the best models. But, the example from Nepal clearly shows that if they are given full rights and empowerment, they can play vital roles in managing forest in sustainable way and benefitting their community and the nation.

The attachment presents the brief introduction about Pinus roxburghii. It can be useful to know the species in brief. You are requested to send the feedback on the topic to rkc_nep@yahoo.com.