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View article: Restoring systems thinking
Restoring systems thinking Open
View article: Cross-scale governance
Cross-scale governance Open
View article: Reframing community forestry
Reframing community forestry Open
View article: Contested tenure
Contested tenure Open
View article: Unveiling the elite nexus
Unveiling the elite nexus Open
View article: A Robust and Intelligent Control System for Smart Home Devices with IoT Failure Detection
A Robust and Intelligent Control System for Smart Home Devices with IoT Failure Detection Open
Smart home automation has significantly advanced with the integration of Inter- net of Things (IoT) technologies, enabling users to control electronic appliances remotely with high efficiency and convenience. However, the growing dependenc…
View article: Local Level Monitoring Systems in Community Forestry: Challenges, Opportunities and Directions for Future
Local Level Monitoring Systems in Community Forestry: Challenges, Opportunities and Directions for Future Open
A recent study has demonstrated that local level monitoring systems, that could encourage learning and adaptiveness in forest management, are poorly developed, and that this presents a constraint to equitable and active management of fores…
View article: Innovative forestry: a synthesis of small-scale forest management practice from Nepal
Innovative forestry: a synthesis of small-scale forest management practice from Nepal Open
This guidebook has been published at a time when there is a widespread recognition in Nepal that community forests are not beingactively managed to realize their full potential. Whilst there are both institutional and technical solutions t…
View article: Stakeholder collaboration, adaptive management and social learning: a perspective for community forestry in Nepal
Stakeholder collaboration, adaptive management and social learning: a perspective for community forestry in Nepal Open
This note highlights the findings of a recent research on Adaptive Collaborative Management (ACM) of forest in which an assessment of ACM situation in eight selected community forestry sites in Nepal is made. The objective of the research …
View article: Scaling up of sustainable soil management practices: some lessons from the hills of Nepal
Scaling up of sustainable soil management practices: some lessons from the hills of Nepal Open
A study was conducted to assess the scaling up processes of soil management practices under maize based farming systems in Panchkhal and Sanga areas of Kavre district. The key objectives of the study are to analyze the scaling up processes…
View article: Department of Forest's new community Forestry Guideline
Department of Forest's new community Forestry Guideline Open
Department of Forest (DOF) has issued a new version of Community Forestry Guideline in May 2001, replacing the first version that was issued 10 years back. Officials engaged in developing this amendment indicate in their preface statements…
View article: Commercial Use of Non-Timber Forest Products: Can the Poor Really Get Benefits?
Commercial Use of Non-Timber Forest Products: Can the Poor Really Get Benefits? Open
Although the markets for NTFP is increasing, local harvesters have not been able to reap fair benefits. This is mainly because of non-conducive policy environment, imperfect market structure and complex socio-economic system that weakens t…
View article: State of Freshwater Resources in the Pacific
State of Freshwater Resources in the Pacific Open
The freshwater resources of Oceania are highly variable, comprising some of the global extremes in terms of availability and access. The Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) have lower water security than Australia and New Zeal…
View article: Elevating River Basin Governance and Cooperation in the HKH region: Summary Report I, Yarlung-Tsangpo-Siang-Brahmaputra-Jamuna River Basin
Elevating River Basin Governance and Cooperation in the HKH region: Summary Report I, Yarlung-Tsangpo-Siang-Brahmaputra-Jamuna River Basin Open
The report “Elevating River Basin Governance and Cooperation in the HKH region: Summary Report I on the Yarlung-Tsangpo-Siang-Brahmaputra-Jamuna River Basin” provides a comprehensive overview of the Brahmaputra River Basin, highlighting it…
View article: Governing disaster risks locally: Insights from COVID-19 responses by local governments in a federalising Nepal
Governing disaster risks locally: Insights from COVID-19 responses by local governments in a federalising Nepal Open
Local risk governance is an underexplored topic in disaster risk management and decentralisation literature. Key knowledge gaps centre around whether and to what extent the devolution of authority leads to effective local responses to disa…
View article: Open Science for Accelerating the Sustainable Development Goals: Status and Prospects in Asia and the Pacific
Open Science for Accelerating the Sustainable Development Goals: Status and Prospects in Asia and the Pacific Open
Achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals is increasingly challenging due to widening inequality in access to scientific and technological knowledge and resources. With science remaining too discipline based, and policymak…
View article: Multi-scale politics in climate change: the mismatch of authority and capability in federalizing Nepal
Multi-scale politics in climate change: the mismatch of authority and capability in federalizing Nepal Open
Nepal’s transition to federalism in 2015 involved a significant redistribution of authority across three levels of government, with a greater level of autonomy granted to provincial and local levels. We examine multi-scale climate policy a…
View article: INVESTIGATING INSTITUTIONAL LIMITS TO CLIMATE ADAPTATION: A CASE STUDY OF LANDSLIDE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NEPAL
INVESTIGATING INSTITUTIONAL LIMITS TO CLIMATE ADAPTATION: A CASE STUDY OF LANDSLIDE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NEPAL Open
A growing body of research analyses institutional dimensions of adaptation and disaster risk management at the local level, highlighting the positive role of local institutions. However, the question of when institutions could also limit a…
View article: Community entrepreneurship: Lessons from Nepal's Chaubas community forestry sawmill
Community entrepreneurship: Lessons from Nepal's Chaubas community forestry sawmill Open
View article: Advancing the Water Policy Lab approach in and out of the pandemic: A call for stories from practice
Advancing the Water Policy Lab approach in and out of the pandemic: A call for stories from practice Open
We launched the Water Policy Lab (WPL) report section in this Journal in the middle of the pandemic in 2021. The crisis significantly influenced our work, and its impact continues to linger. The call we made through our inaugural Editorial…
View article: Transforming environmental governance: critical action intellectuals and their praxis in the field
Transforming environmental governance: critical action intellectuals and their praxis in the field Open
View article: How does adaptive collaborative management leverage changes in power
How does adaptive collaborative management leverage changes in power Open
Deeply rooted power imbalances continue to be a significant concern within community-based natural resource management. Within the local scale, these undermine livelihoods and reinforce the vulnerability of the least powerful groups. Adapt…
View article: Co‐creating knowledge, policy, and practice: A call to advance Water Policy Lab process
Co‐creating knowledge, policy, and practice: A call to advance Water Policy Lab process Open
Numerous scientific reports have established that the water future of humanity and the entire earth system is at risk. Solving contested water problems require new ways of harnessing dialogues, reflections, empathy, research, and visions. …
View article: Adaptation interventions and their effect on vulnerability in developing countries: Help, hindrance or irrelevance?
Adaptation interventions and their effect on vulnerability in developing countries: Help, hindrance or irrelevance? Open
View article: COVID-19 impacts on agriculture and food systems in Nepal: Implications for SDGs
COVID-19 impacts on agriculture and food systems in Nepal: Implications for SDGs Open
View article: Building an Engaged Himalayan Sustainability Science
Building an Engaged Himalayan Sustainability Science Open
View article: Editorial Introduction: Understanding Water Insecurity in South Asia
Editorial Introduction: Understanding Water Insecurity in South Asia Open
View article: Water Security and Inclusive Water Governance in the Himalayas
Water Security and Inclusive Water Governance in the Himalayas Open
View article: Scarcity Amidst Plenty: Lower Himalayan Cities Struggling for Water Security
Scarcity Amidst Plenty: Lower Himalayan Cities Struggling for Water Security Open
In recent years, growing water insecurity in the Himalayan region has attracted new scientific research and fresh attention on policy. In this paper, we synthesize field research evidence from a sample of five Himalayan cities—three in Nep…
View article: Local Experts as the Champions of Water Security in the Nepalese town of Dhulikhel
Local Experts as the Champions of Water Security in the Nepalese town of Dhulikhel Open
This commentary paper examines our local expert engagement methodology that we developed to understand water supply issues as well as to inform the direction of our action research conducted in Dhulikhel, a small town in Nepal. Through thr…