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Peoples Rights on NRM- Main Issue of Advocacy Forum.doc

Resource and Environment Conservation Society (RES-Nepal) successfully completed The Philippine Style Bamboo Furniture Manufacturing Training in collaboration with International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) in the premises of Himalayan Bamboo Pvt. Ltd, Hetauda, Nepal.  NSCFP/SDC, GTZ/PSP, LFP, BDS Maps, MEDEP and Himalayan Bamboo were the partner organization of the training.

Kirant or Kirat refers to the Kiranti group or Kirant confederation that includes the Rai, Limbu and Sunuwar ethnic groups of Nepal. The distinct Tibeto-Burman languages of the Rai, Limbu and Sunuwar are known as Kiranti. Kirant are mainly confined in the eastern part of Nepal. The total population of the Kirant is about one-million, which comprises around 4 percentage of the total population.  The Kirant follow their own religion (Kirant Mundhum) distinct from Hinduism and Buddhism. Their holy book is the Mundhum; it is taken as an oral philosophy. The Kirants are mainly known as a land-son. They are believed to worship their ancestors and live in harmony with nature. Mundhum does not believe in concept of cremating to the dead body like Hindu. If it is cremated then the dead soul gets a lot suffering.

This paper "A review of carbon sequestration dynamics in the Himalayan region as a function of land-use change and forest/soil degradation with special reference to Nepal" published on Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 2005, 105(3) reviews the literature on land-use changes, forest/soil degradation and their effects on C sequestration in Himalayan region.

On the basis of review of past studies, there appeared to be a high potential for enhancing the C sequestration in the vegetation and soils of the Himalayan region through improved management of degraded lands. It is suggested that the complexity of dynamics of C sequestration caused by diverse bio-physical and socio-economic factors in the region needs ideally be analysed by following systems approach in the future research endeavours.

This article "Use of models to analyse land-use changes, forest/soil degradation and carbon sequestration with special reference to Himalayan region: A review and analysis" in Forest Policy and Economics  reviews and synthesises the available models relating to landuse changes,  forest/soil degradation and C sequestration in developing countries in general and the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region in particular.

Based on the review and synthesis of different techniques, a conceptual modelling framework is presented. This consists of a dynamic bio-economic modelling framework capable of capturing both socio-economic behaviour and bio-physical processes combined with geographical information systems/remote sensing techniques. Such modelling efforts have the potential of assisting policy makers and planners to identify and implement sustainable agriculture and forestry practices, leading to mitigation of CO2 emissions in developing countries in general and the HKH region in particular.

Organic farming seems to be more appropriate as it considered the important aspects like sustainable. Agriculture is the most important sector for ensuring food security, alleviating poverty and conserving the vital natural resources that the world’s present and future generation will be entirely dependent upon for their survival and well being, in the name of development, the environmental resources have been beyond comprehension. Acid rain, deforestation, depletion, smog due to automobiles and discharge of industrial pollution, soil degradation, depletion of ozone layer and discharge of toxic wastage by industrial units into rivers and oceans are some environmental problematic issues. Intensive use of inorganic fertilizers and pesticides has been an important tool in the drive for increased crop production. In fact more fertilizers consumption is a good indication of agricultural productivity but depletion of soil fertility is commonly observed in soils. Due to heavy use of chemical herbicides, pesticides and intensification of agricultural production during the past few decades has led to other harmful effects like nitrate in the ground water, contamination of fooding materials, eutrophication, stratospheric changes etc. High agricultural inputs are unlikely to be sustainable for very long unless the inputs are correctly judged in terms of both their quality and quantity.