Abstract: Assessment of carbon stocks in vegetation and soil is a basic step in evaluating the carbon sequestration potential of an ecosystem. We collected soil (core and composite) samples from 0-10, 10-20, 20-40, and 40-70 cm depths, or down to the bed rock, in the soil profile of four types of forest (managed dense Shorea (DS), degraded forest (DF), pine mixed (PS), and Schima-Castanopsis (SC) forest) and two types of cultivated land (irrigated low land (Khet) and rain-fed upland (Bari)) in the Pokhare Khola watershed of Nepal.

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.

There is now a scientific consensus that the earth’s climate is warming. There is also a reliable prediction that this change will have negative effects on the social-ecological systems worldwide. The projected impacts are too severe, impacting global population in significant ways: glacier melting, rise in earth temperature, disturbance in the regulation of hydrological cycles, reduction in crop productivity and food crisis, submergence of several countries, flooding and extended draughts and so an, and resulting economic, social and political tensions. Even the modest claims on the climate change impacts are alarming on a global scale.

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.

Global Climate change is an unequivocal. The problem of free riders on common natural resources creating the global problem that nobody can be freed from it. As Nepal has no significant contribution in green house gas emission, but facing environmental problems due to warming up the global temperature. Melting of the Himalayan glaciers, forming new glacial lakes and bursting are the major threat.

Dear All,

Please take a look http://www.mysansar.com. With due respect and love to the countries, a little effort has been made in order to look into the life quality of Nepal with reference to Ethiopia. it is more worth to look into the comments made by the audiences. Thanks for your time.

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