Tharu community's perception on climate changes and their adaptive initiations to withstand its impacts in Western Terai of Nepal

This paper brings out perceptions and observations of Tharu communities (Rana and Chaudhary), inhabitants of Shakarpur VDC of Kanchanpur and Gadariya VDCs of Kailali on climate change and its impacts on their livelihood strategies over the years. In addition, the paper explores some initiatives take...

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Autores principales: Maharjan S. K., Sigdel, E. R., Sthapit, B.R., Regmi B.R.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/35795
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description This paper brings out perceptions and observations of Tharu communities (Rana and Chaudhary), inhabitants of Shakarpur VDC of Kanchanpur and Gadariya VDCs of Kailali on climate change and its impacts on their livelihood strategies over the years. In addition, the paper explores some initiatives taken by the local communities to minimize its effects and impacts. Focus Group Discussions (FGD) were organized to collect and analyze vulnerability contexts on climate change and its impact on various sectors like, agriculture, forest, livestock, biodiversity, infrastructure, human casualties and water sources. Similarly, information on available service providers and their contribution was garnered through secondary sources. Local communities are facing these changes over the time and adapting strategies as per their own traditional knowledge, skills and information. Most of these strategies are biodiversity friendly, economically viable and socially acceptable. However, these innovative steps should be shared for larger scale dissemination after validating with scientific review and justifications.
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spelling CGSpace357952025-11-12T05:37:15Z Tharu community's perception on climate changes and their adaptive initiations to withstand its impacts in Western Terai of Nepal Maharjan S. K. Sigdel, E. R. Sthapit, B.R. Regmi B.R. adaptation climate climate change innovation rural communities This paper brings out perceptions and observations of Tharu communities (Rana and Chaudhary), inhabitants of Shakarpur VDC of Kanchanpur and Gadariya VDCs of Kailali on climate change and its impacts on their livelihood strategies over the years. In addition, the paper explores some initiatives taken by the local communities to minimize its effects and impacts. Focus Group Discussions (FGD) were organized to collect and analyze vulnerability contexts on climate change and its impact on various sectors like, agriculture, forest, livestock, biodiversity, infrastructure, human casualties and water sources. Similarly, information on available service providers and their contribution was garnered through secondary sources. Local communities are facing these changes over the time and adapting strategies as per their own traditional knowledge, skills and information. Most of these strategies are biodiversity friendly, economically viable and socially acceptable. However, these innovative steps should be shared for larger scale dissemination after validating with scientific review and justifications. 2011 2014-06-10T08:26:19Z 2014-06-10T08:26:19Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/35795 en Open Access application/pdf Maharjan S. K.; Sigdel, E. R.; Sthapit, B.R.; Regmi B. R. -2011-Tharu community's perception on climate changes and their adaptive initiations to withstand its impacts in Western Terai of Nepal-International NGO Journal 6(2)-p. 035-042
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Sthapit, B.R.
Regmi B.R.
Tharu community's perception on climate changes and their adaptive initiations to withstand its impacts in Western Terai of Nepal
title Tharu community's perception on climate changes and their adaptive initiations to withstand its impacts in Western Terai of Nepal
title_full Tharu community's perception on climate changes and their adaptive initiations to withstand its impacts in Western Terai of Nepal
title_fullStr Tharu community's perception on climate changes and their adaptive initiations to withstand its impacts in Western Terai of Nepal
title_full_unstemmed Tharu community's perception on climate changes and their adaptive initiations to withstand its impacts in Western Terai of Nepal
title_short Tharu community's perception on climate changes and their adaptive initiations to withstand its impacts in Western Terai of Nepal
title_sort tharu community s perception on climate changes and their adaptive initiations to withstand its impacts in western terai of nepal
topic adaptation
climate
climate change
innovation
rural communities
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