To address this issue, we combined multiple survey questions to identify HRP individuals. Our sensitivity analysis estimated a possible 17% undercount in the MTAT survey. Second, our HRP definition lumps together night spent outdoors for forest and agriculture activities. In Supplementary Information ...
3 Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. 4 National Center for Parasitology, Entomology, and Malaria Control, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 5 Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, ...
K. von GadowAffiliated withBurkhardt Institute, Goettingen UniversityDepartment of Forestry and Wood Science, University of Stellenbosch Email author , Xiu Hai ZhaoAffiliated withBeijing Forestry University , V. P. TewariAffiliated withHimalayan Forest Research Institute , Chun Yu ...
To address the fuzziness of forest type boundaries in a cross-country context, we used substitute variables for further analysis as stem density, mean dbh, and forest cover change. 4.2. Forest type and landscape transition gradient influences Both countries lie in the humid tropical zone and ...
This initiated a process of reform at the local policy and operational level of forest management ensuring that the Forest Department developed close collaboration for protection and sustainable management of forests.. While the resolution adopted a pro-tribal policy, the old Act of 1927 with all th...
Land use and land cover (LULC) analysis is crucial for understanding societal development and assessing changes during the Anthropocene era. Conventional LULC mapping faces challenges in capturing changes under cloud cover and limited ground truth data.
The forest road map was acquired from the Environment and Forest department of the VTR. Forest canopy height is considered as an essential indicator for examining the health and growth potential of forests. Taller trees represent a more mature and healthier ecosystem. The forest ecosystem with such...
Here we address the biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) as an ecological strategy in mixed-forest plantations, allowing N fixation to act positively on the development of non-N2-fixing species. We include a brief description on the BNF establishment and the taxonomy and efficiency of the relevant ...
along with the erosion of the bundle of common rights held by them; (2) multiple institutional linkages between the village and outside agencies, and reciprocal relations with neighboring villages have been abandoned in favor of a close relationship with the Forestry Department; and (3) the admin...
This paper investigates issues confronting forest management and sustainability, focusing on the governance of the community forest user group (CFUG) initiative in Nepal. The paper begins with a literature review to give a general overview of the histori