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Basant Pant
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu 44700, Nepal

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Journal article
Published: 07 May 2021 in Sustainability
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Deforestation and forest degradation mostly caused by human interventions affect the capacity of the forest ecosystem to provide ecosystem services and livelihood benefits. Forest and landscape restoration (FLR) is an emerging concept that focuses on the improvement of the ecosystem as well as the livelihood of the people at the landscape level. Nepal has successfully recovered degraded forest land mainly from the hilly region through forest restoration initiatives, especially community-based forestry. However, the Tarai region is still experiencing deforestation and forest degradation. This study navigated the gaps related to forest restoration in the existing policies and practices and revealed that the persistence of deforestation and forest degradation in Tarai is a result of a complex socioeconomic structure, the limitations of the government in implementing appropriate management modality, unplanned infrastructure, and urban development. We suggest that forest restoration should focus on ecological and social wellbeing pathways at the landscape level to reverse the trend of deforestation and forest degradation in the Tarai regions of Nepal. The study provides critical insight to the policymakers and practitioners of Nepal and other countries (with similar context) who are engaged in forest/ecosystem restoration enterprise.

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Sushma Bhattarai; Basant Pant; Hari Laudari; Rajesh Rai; Sharif Mukul. Strategic Pathways to Scale up Forest and Landscape Restoration: Insights from Nepal’s Tarai. Sustainability 2021, 13, 5237 .

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Sushma Bhattarai, Basant Pant, Hari Laudari, Rajesh Rai, Sharif Mukul. Strategic Pathways to Scale up Forest and Landscape Restoration: Insights from Nepal’s Tarai. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (9):5237.

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Sushma Bhattarai; Basant Pant; Hari Laudari; Rajesh Rai; Sharif Mukul. 2021. "Strategic Pathways to Scale up Forest and Landscape Restoration: Insights from Nepal’s Tarai." Sustainability 13, no. 9: 5237.

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Published: 09 April 2021
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Deforestation and forest degradation mostly caused by human interventions affects the capacity of forest ecosystem to provide ecosystem services and livelihood benefits. Forest Land Restoration (FLR) is an emerging concept which focuses on the improvement of ecosystem as well as livelihood of the people at the landscape level. Nepal has successfully recovered degraded forest land mainly from the hilly region through forest restoration initiatives especially community based forestry. However, the Terai region is still experiencing deforestation and forest degradation. This study navigated the gaps related to forest restoration in the existing policies and practices and revealed that the persistence of deforestation and forest degradation in Terai is a result of a complex socio-economic structure, limitation of government to implement appropriate management modality, unplanned infrastructure, and urban development. We suggest that forest restoration should focus on ecological and social wellbeing pathways at the landscape level, to reverse the trend of deforestation and forest degradation in the Terai regions of Nepal. The study provides a critical insight to the policy makers and practitioners of Nepal and other countries (with similar context) who are engaged in forest/ecosystem restoration enterprise.

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Sushma Bhattarai; Basant Pant; Hari Krishna Laudari; Rajesh Kumar Rai; Sharif A. Mukul. Strategic Pathways to Scale Up Forest and Landscape Restoration: Insights From Nepal’s Terai. 2021, 1 .

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Sushma Bhattarai, Basant Pant, Hari Krishna Laudari, Rajesh Kumar Rai, Sharif A. Mukul. Strategic Pathways to Scale Up Forest and Landscape Restoration: Insights From Nepal’s Terai. . 2021; ():1.

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Sushma Bhattarai; Basant Pant; Hari Krishna Laudari; Rajesh Kumar Rai; Sharif A. Mukul. 2021. "Strategic Pathways to Scale Up Forest and Landscape Restoration: Insights From Nepal’s Terai." , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 27 November 2020 in Nepal Journal of Neuroscience
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Remote cerebellar hemorrhage is a rare postoperative complication. It can occur after infratentorial or supratentorial craniotomies, later being more common. Remote cerebellar hemorrhage is considered to be a self-limited and benign condition. The exact pathophysiology of remote cerebellar hemorrhage remains unclear, but reports have suggested an association with excessive loss of cerebrospinal fluid. We report a case of remote cerebellar hemorrhage after supratentorial craniotomy for large convexity meningioma without excessive loss of cerebrospinal fluid.

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Dinuj Shrestha; Janam Shrestha; Pravesh Rajbhandari; Resha Shrestha; Basant Pant. Remote Cerebellar Hemorrhage after Removal of Large Convexity Meningioma. Nepal Journal of Neuroscience 2020, 17, 63 -67.

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Dinuj Shrestha, Janam Shrestha, Pravesh Rajbhandari, Resha Shrestha, Basant Pant. Remote Cerebellar Hemorrhage after Removal of Large Convexity Meningioma. Nepal Journal of Neuroscience. 2020; 17 (3):63-67.

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Dinuj Shrestha; Janam Shrestha; Pravesh Rajbhandari; Resha Shrestha; Basant Pant. 2020. "Remote Cerebellar Hemorrhage after Removal of Large Convexity Meningioma." Nepal Journal of Neuroscience 17, no. 3: 63-67.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2020 in Green Finance
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Basant Pant; Rajesh Kumar Rai; Sushma Bhattarai; Nilhari Neupane; Rajan Kotru; Dipesh Pyakurel. Actors in customary and modern trade of Caterpillar Fungus in Nepalese high mountains: who holds the power? Green Finance 2020, 2, 373 -391.

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Basant Pant, Rajesh Kumar Rai, Sushma Bhattarai, Nilhari Neupane, Rajan Kotru, Dipesh Pyakurel. Actors in customary and modern trade of Caterpillar Fungus in Nepalese high mountains: who holds the power? Green Finance. 2020; 2 (4):373-391.

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Basant Pant; Rajesh Kumar Rai; Sushma Bhattarai; Nilhari Neupane; Rajan Kotru; Dipesh Pyakurel. 2020. "Actors in customary and modern trade of Caterpillar Fungus in Nepalese high mountains: who holds the power?" Green Finance 2, no. 4: 373-391.

Journal article
Published: 06 March 2017 in International Journal of the Commons
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The incidence of conflicts among communities over the collection of Yarsagumba, the high value caterpillar fungus, has increased after the Government of Nepal has lifted a ban on its collection and trade in 2001. In most cases, conflicts over Yarsagumba harvesting persist either between locals and outsiders, or between collectors within a local community. In the Api Nampa Conservation Area in Darchula District, Nepal, conflicts are primarily caused by the competition for control over resources. The rights of the indigenous Shauka community(migratory herders), the Api Nampa Conservation Authority, and the non-Shauka communities of lower villages are at odds due to a lack of clarity, and the absence of coordination regarding the access to resources in the landscape. The Shauka community has restricted the Yarsagumba collection by ‘outsiders’ to specific and limited areas of their community forest and traditional grazing land. The lowland, non-Shauka community who are dissatisfied with the restrictions have excluded the Shauka people from the utilization of their winter pasture for animal grazing possible through the introduction of a community forestry programme. In this conflict, both communities suffer as the migratory lifestyle of the Shauka has been adversely affected, and earnings of the lowland community from Yarsagumba collection have been reduced. This is a no-win situation. Our study suggests that the Government of Nepal should prepare a national Yarsagumba management policy and local Yarsagumba management guidelines to address conflicts by clearly defining the roles, responsibilities and rights of local institutions and actors, while ensuring the provision of particular services in the community forestry programme to distant and seasonal users.

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Basant Pant; Rajesh Kumar Rai; Corinna Wallrapp; Rucha Ghate; Uttam Babu Shrestha; Ashok Ram. Horizontal integration of multiple institutions: solutions for Yarshagumba related conflict in the Himalayan region of Nepal? International Journal of the Commons 2017, 11, 464 .

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Basant Pant, Rajesh Kumar Rai, Corinna Wallrapp, Rucha Ghate, Uttam Babu Shrestha, Ashok Ram. Horizontal integration of multiple institutions: solutions for Yarshagumba related conflict in the Himalayan region of Nepal? International Journal of the Commons. 2017; 11 (1):464.

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Basant Pant; Rajesh Kumar Rai; Corinna Wallrapp; Rucha Ghate; Uttam Babu Shrestha; Ashok Ram. 2017. "Horizontal integration of multiple institutions: solutions for Yarshagumba related conflict in the Himalayan region of Nepal?" International Journal of the Commons 11, no. 1: 464.