SOIL CONSERVATION PRACTICES IN FOREST OF NEPAL

Asmita Paudel (), Asmita Bhattarai and Pankaj Kumar Yadav
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Asmita Paudel: Faculty of Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal
Asmita Bhattarai: Faculty of Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal
Pankaj Kumar Yadav: Faculty of Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal

Journal Clean WAS (JCleanWAS), 2021, vol. 5, issue 2, 73-77

Abstract: Forests play a vital role in Nepalese rural communities, which rely on them for firewood, employment, additional meals, and good health to sustain and improve their lifestyles. It has contributed to the Nepalese farming system. Soil helps in regulating ecological processes like nutrient uptake, decomposition, and water availability in the forest. Nepal’s annual soil loss ranges from 2-105 t ha-1 with 34% water-induced erosion, 60% mass wasting (geological erosion), and 3 % by wind erosion. Forest soil requires various management and conservation practices to minimize the exploitation of forest lands. Hence, this article explains the ongoing soil conservation approaches like Afforestation, Agroforestry, and community forest management in Nepal. This article can also be the roadmap for the formulation of appropriate policies in soil conservation, and indirectly in maintaining sustainability in the ecology.

Keywords: Afforestation; Agroforestry; Degradation; Ecology; Watershed (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.26480/jcleanwas.02.2021.73.77

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