Web of resilience : cross-scale implications of forest and water management for adaptation-mitigation and food security in the Nepal Himalayas
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2013-03
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Institute for Social and Environmental Transition – Nepal (ISET-Nepal)
Abstract
This study examined on-going processes of climate change and adaptation strategies in six village development committees (VDCs) along the Gandak transect of central Nepal. Administrative boundaries (VDC’s) and hydrological sub-watershed boundaries do not correspond. Using participatory GIS, the research team updated maps of all six study VDCs and produced a bathymetric survey of Rupa Lake. The Mid-Hills ecological region, most vulnerable to climate change was the focus of the study. In assessing vulnerability, researchers identified crucial questions: “At what scale will climate change impacts occur?” “Where will they be most severe?” and “Who will be most affected by them?”
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IDRC Final Report
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NEPAL, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, FOREST MANAGEMENT, WATER MANAGEMENT, AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT, ECOSYSTEM APPROACHES, FOOD SECURITY