Dynamics an nd Driving Forrces of Land U Use/Fore est C Cover C Change ndicatorrs of Climate C Change e in a and In ub-wate ershed of o Gorkkha Mountain Su BABU U RAM LAM MICHHAN NE Trib bhuvan Un niversity, Institute of Forestryy Pokhara, Nepal 2008 8 A Thesis Sub A bmitted in P Partial Fulfilllment of th he Requirem ment for thee Degree of Master of Sciencess in Naturall resources Manageme ent and Ruraal Developm ment (NRMRD) of Tribh huvan Univeersity, Instittute of Foreestry, Nepall A Thesis Report on Dynamicss and Drivving Forcces of Lan D nd Use/Fo orest Covver Chang ge and In ndicatorss of Clima ate Chang ge in a Mo ountain Sub-wate S ershed of Gorkha (FFor the partiaal fulfillmentt of the Mastter of Science es in Natural Resource M Managementt and Rural D Development t‐ NRMRD) Researccher B Babu Ram La michhane M Sc NRMRD Roll no: 10 ((2006‐8) Tribhuvan University, Institute of Forestry Pokhara, Nepal E‐maiil:
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[email protected] Tribhuvan University Institute of Forestry, Office of the Dean P. O. Box 203, Pokhara, Nepal Tel: +977-65-690782 Website: www.iof.edu.np Citation: Lamichhane, B. R., 2008, Dynamics and Driving Forces of Land Use/Forest Cover Change and Indicators of Climate Change in a Mountain Sub-Watershed of Gorkha, Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the award of M Sc NRMRD to Tribhuvan University/Institute of Forestry, Pokhara, Nepal. i Declaration I, Babu Ram Lamichhane, hereby declare to the advisory committee of this thesis that this thesis is a report based on primary information, and all the sources of information used are duly acknowledged. This work has not been submitted to any other university for any academic award. …………………… Babu Ram Lamichhane Institute of Forestry Pokhara Date: iii Acknowledgements It is my great pleasure to thank all the individuals and organizations that supported me during this study. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Keshab Datt Awasthi, my supervisor, for his excellent guidance, supervision and invaluable suggestions and for critical review of this report. Likewise, I would like to thank Mr. Bishwombher Man Pradhan and Dr. Krishna Poudel for their support to this study. My sincere gratitude goes to all the faculties of Institute of Forestry who helped me by giving their invaluable comments and suggestions during different stages of this study. This study would not be possible without the financial support from the NUFU project. I am very thankful to my friends Sanam Kumar Aksha, Achyut Dahal, Bishnu Singh Thakuri, Rajan Subedi and Mohan Chandra B.K. for their hel