Course Content
Concept of natural resources
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Introduction
Scarcity
Dimensions of resources
Types of Resources
Exhaustible Resources
Reserve
Exhaust
Flow Resources
Fund Resources
Biological Resources
Behavioral relationship of bio-mass
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Introduction
Population and its relationship with resource depletion
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Introduction
Forest resources and deforestation
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Forest and Rangeland Management
Status of Forest and Rangeland Resources
Forest Management
Focus of Forestry Research
Action Plan for Forest Rangeland Management
Water, Mineral and climatic, and Livestock resources
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Water Resource Management
Why water policy?
Water in food production
Watershed Protection
Action Plan for Water Resource Management
Development status of irrigation
Present status of irrigation development
Terai surface irrigation
Government Irrigation Policy sets by Agriculture Perspective Plan
Economics of irrigation in Nepal
Forms of irrigation
Estimation of water demand
Criteria for water charge
Mineral Resources
Categories of mineral deposits
Consequences of mining extraction in the vicinity
Climate
Livestock Resources
Introduction to project cycle and its use for mitigating environmental problems
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Project cycle
Illustration of Project cycle
Different aspect of project preparation
Illustration of the different aspect of project preparation
Shadow price
Differences between Economic and Financial Aspect ?
PROJECT APPRAISAL CRITERIA
Important investment criteria
Discounting Criteria
Non – discounting criteria
Sensitivity Analysis of a project
Factors affecting the sensitivity Analysis of project
Merit and demerit of Sensitivity Analysis
Interrelationship between different components of Nepalese farming system
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Introduction
Nutrients cycle
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Introduction
Watershed degradation, Soil erosion and pollution
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Watershed Degradation
Soil erosion and pollution
Effect of soil erosion
Pollution
Further study of pollution
Species extinction and degradation of bio-diversity
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Introduction
Status of biodiversity in Nepal
Economic and other benefits from biodiversity conservation
Buffer Zone
Strategies for the Conservation of Biodiversity
Inland fisheries
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Fish culture
Scope of “Inland Fish Culture in Nepal”
Importance of Fisheries
Economic importance of Fish
Natural and agricultural resource conservation strategies
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Action Plan for Land Management
Environmental economic policies and action plan in Nepal
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Introduction
Criteria for effective environmental policy
Evolution of Environmental Policies in International Level
Evolution of Environmental policies of Nepal
Environment and population related policy, Plan and Programme Preparation and Implemented
Major objectives of Ninth Plan with regard to environment sector
Need for Environment Policy
Environmental Protection Council
G/N’s Environmental Policy
Nepal Environmental Policy and Action Plan (NEPAP)
International Context
Agenda 21 recommendations
National legislation on protecting resources
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Introduction
Decentralization and Participation in Resource Management
International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
World Wildlife fund for Nature (WWF)
Institutions involved in resource management
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Natural Resource Management
Sustainable Development
Sustainable development, how?
Challenges in the Management of Specific Resources
Institutions involved in resource management
Departments
Environmental amenities on valuation of non-traded goods
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Introduction
Valuation of natural resources
Environmental Aspect in Project Analysis
Types of Externality
Incorporating Externalities in the Cash Flow
Measurement of Externalities
Economic Valuation Methods
Direct Measures of Externality’s Impact
Indirect Measures of Externality’s Impact
Problems associated with Contingent Valuation Method
Use of limited farm resources for economic management
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Introduction
Learn agricultural and environmental economics – B.Sc agriculture
About Lesson
  1. Protected areas:
  • These areas play a valuable ecological and economic role by safeguarding outstanding sites of richness, natural beauty and cultural significance.
  • They preserve representative samples of ecological, geological and scenic beauty including genetic verities and species.
  • Therefore, diversity depends on how wild land outside protected areas such as communally and privately owned lands are used and managed.

  1. Agriculture and conservation of biodiversity
  • Agro ecosystem plays an equally important role for maintaining biodiversity.
  • Agriculture land, livestock growing areas, forest and human managed ecosystems cover around two third of the terrestrial surface compared to 5-10% covered by the protected area.
  • It is important to assist rural farmers to design self-sustaining agro-ecosystem which ensure the maintenance of local genetic diversity rather than mono-cropping.
  • A mixed system of farming is often considered more sustainable and ecological then monoculture.


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