Effects of Deforestation and Forest Degradation on Forest Carbon Stocks in Collaborative Forests, Nepal by Ram Asheshwar MANDAL, Ishwar Chandra DUTTA, Pramod Kumar JHA, Sidhibir KARMACHARYA, Kamalesh YADAV, Bechu YADAV, Utsaw THAPA, Samsul HAQUE

“…This paper highlights the variations in levels of carbon stocks in three different collaborative forests of same forest type i.e. tropical sal (Shorea robusta) forest in Mahottari district of the central Terai in Nepal. Three collaborative forests namely Gadhanta-Bardibas Collaborative Forest (CFM), Tuteshwarnath CFM and Banke- Maraha CFM were selected for research site. …”
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Soil carbon, nitrogen and texture dynamics at root zone and between plants in Riverine plantation of Acacia catechu, Dalbergia sissoo, Phyllanthus emblica and Eucalyptus camaldulen... by Ram Asheshwar Mandal, Ishwar Chandra Dutta, Pramod Kumar Jha

“…The plantation of Acacia catechu, Dalbergia sissoo, Phyllanthus emblica and Eucalyptus camaldulensis of Pragati community forest, Mahottari district, Nepal was selected for this study which was done in 2011. …”
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Holocene loess in the Himalayas piedmont of southeastern Nepal by Latrubesse, Edgardo M., Nugraha, Abang Mansyursyah Surya

“…Loess, loess-like, sandy loess, and sandy-silty fluvial–aeolian deposits are intercalated to fluvial sediments and lie on a flat surface under intense agricultural land use in Bardibas, Mahottari district, central Nepal. To identify the depositional processes and provenance, we carried out geochemical, mineralogical, SEM, and grain-size analyses. …”
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Assessment of antigenemia among children in four hotspots of filarial endemic districts of Nepal during post-MDA surveillance by Pramod Kumar Mehta, Mahendra Maharjan

“…The result revealed significantly high CFA prevalence in hotspots of Mahottari district belonging to the Terai region and Dhading district belonging to the hilly region, i.e., 13% and 10%, respectively, compared to baseline prevalence and TAS report. …”
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Knowledge, practices and compliance related to COVID-19 among Nepalese population in Province 2, Nepal by Phoolgen Sah, Ashok Kumar Mandal, Bhuvan Saud, Savan Kumar Yadav, Sanjeet Kumar Sah, Mahasagar Gyawali, Shailendra Kumar Karn

“…For tool validation, pre-testing was done in 10.0% of individuals of the targeted study population of Mahottari district. Results: Out of 457 participants, 353(77.2%) were male. …”
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Evaluating Public Plantation and Community Planted Forests under the CDM and REDD+ Mechanism for Carbon Stock in Nepal by Ram Asheshwar MANDAL, Ishwar Chandra DUTTA, Pramod Kumar JHA, Sidhibir KARMACHARYA, Samshul Mohammad HAQUE

“…The relevant documents were revised and altogether 55 samples were collected from Shreepur, Banauta and Bisbity PPs and Sita, Ramnagar and Jogikuti CPFs, in Mahottary district, Nepal. The equation of Chave et al was used to calculate the biomass, which was further converted into carbon. …”
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