Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Section I: Forest Resource Management in the Context of Climate Change
  • Chapter 1
  • Community-Based Natural Resource Management in Nepal
  • Abstract
  • 1.2. CBNRM Practices in Nepal
  • 1.2.1. Community Forestry (CF)
  • 1.2.2. Leasehold Forestry (LF)
  • 1.2.3. Buffer Zone (BZ) Management
  • 1.2.4. Conservation Area Management
  • 1.2.5. Collaborative Forest Management
  • 1.2.6. Participatory Integrated Watershed Management (PIWM)
  • 1.3. Key Outcomes
  • 1.3.1. Forest Restoration
  • 1.3.2. Rural Livelihoods Diversification
  • 1.3.3. Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
  • 1.3.4. Democratic Resource Governance
  • 1.4. Emerging Issues and Challenges
  • 1.4.1. Resource Management Conflict
  • 1.4.2. Community Participation
  • 1.4.3. Techno-Bureaucratic Domination
  • 1.4.4. Equity and Social Justice
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 2
  • Estimation of Carbon Stocks in Bhutanese Forests
  • Abstract
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Forest Management in Bhutan
  • 2.2.1. Overview of Forests in Bhutan
  • 2.2.2. Forest Management and Governance
  • 2.3. Agro-Ecological Zones
  • 2.4. Carbon Storage
  • 2.5. Loss of Carbon
  • 2.6. Strategies to Sequester Carbon
  • 2.6.1. Case Study I
  • 2.6.2. Case Study II
  • 2.7. Carbon Distribution Pattern
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 3
  • Diversified Agroforestry Systems for Livelihood Security, Sustainability and Climate Resilience of Smallholder Farms in the Himalaya
  • Abstract
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Methods
  • 3.3. Results
  • 3.4. Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Section II: Mountain Farming Systems and Soil Management
  • Chapter 4
  • Regenerative Approach for Sustainability and Climate Resilience of Mountain Agro-Ecosystems
  • Abstract
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Human Development
  • A Brief Historical Perspective
  • 4.3. Need for Paradigm Shift in Managing Soil Resources
  • 4.4. Regenerative Land Management Alternatives
  • Future Prospects and Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 5
  • Agricultural Change for Rural Transformation in Nepal
  • Abstract
  • 5.1. Pathways to Intensification of Agriculture
  • 5.2. Assessment of Agricultural Sector in Nepal
  • 5.3. Understanding the Process of Agricultural Intensification in Nepal
  • 5.4. Implications of Agricultural Transformation
  • 5.5. Sustainable Agricultural Intensification: A Way Forward for Rural Transformation
  • References
  • Chapter 6
  • Soil Quality and Organic Carbon Management in a Mountainous Landscape of the HKH Region in Pakistan
  • Abstract
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. Status of Soil Quality and its Management in the HKH Region of Pakistan
  • 6.3. Soil Organic Carbon Management in the HKH Region of Pakistan
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 7
  • Sustainable Land Management
  • Practices in Bhutan
  • Abstract
  • 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. Sustainable Land Management Programs and Practices