| Author | Shrestha, Ram Krishna |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. NR-94-15 |
| Subject(s) | Conservation of natural resources--Napal
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of
Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. NR-94-15 |
| Abstract | Conservation of natural resources is more important where it is scarce. Building success
in this conflicting situation is very hard though it is not impossible. But any effort towards the
conservation could not result positively where the local people having stake on them are hostile.
People's socio-economic characteristics, however, have major influence on resources use and
exploitation. Hence, conservation of natural resources should consider those variables having
influence on them and should manage them. Natural resources scarcity is the major problem
in Koshi Tappu region and present practices are not efficient. Various resources are extracted
by the poor households to earn for their living which is apparently sold with cheaper price to
substitute other sources like fuel. The livestock grazing is in open access condition with no
scarcity value incurred. Hence, the resources of wildlife reserve are draining without any
reflection of its value. The livestock rearing of the region has significant influence on those
inefficiencies and this is further aggravated by keeping larger herd size of less productive
animals irrespective of sustainable carrying capacity of the resources. This shows the sever
management problem. Conservation of Wildlife Reserve resources in this context become
complex task even hardly possible to maintain under present condition of management.
Initiation and development of community buffer zones and the improvement in socio-economic
status of the people would have greater scope of reversing the situation. Livestock development
strategy is the one which provides better alternative with the production benefits to the
household economy and instinctively relieve the pressure on Wildlife Reserve achieving
conservation benefits. Community involvement in conservation activities would ensure
conservation of Wildlife Reserve with sustainable use of natural resources. |
| Year | 1994 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. NR-94-15 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Natural Resources Management (NRM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Suselo, Tri Binarko; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Hussain, Md. Zakir ;Weber, Karl E. |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | King's Scholarship, Thailand. ; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1994 |