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Unit 1 Evolution and Extinction


1.1 Evolutionary aspects of diversity

1.2 Speciation and Evolution Measures of Diversity

1.3 Geological Patterns of Extinction

1.4 Current Patterns of Extinction



Unit 2 Genetics in Conservation


2.1 Basic Genetics Review

2.2 Evolution and Population Genetics

2.3 Heterozygosity and inbreeding

2.4 Genetic Models in Conservation



Unit 3 Behavior and Conservation


3.1 The Evolution of Social Behavior

3.2 Mating Systems and Cons.

3.3 Territoriality and Dispersal

Unit 4 Population Biology in Conservation


4.1 Basic Population Growth Models

4.2 Stochasticity and Pop. Decline

4.3 Social Effects of Pop. Decline

4.4 Population Viability Analysis

4.5 Metapopulation Analysis

Unit 5 Community Ecology in Conservation


5.1 Predation and Herbivory

5.2 Parasitism

5.3 Disease Vectors

5.4 Commensalism and Mutualism

5.5 Keystone and Umbrella Species

Unit 6 Forest and Range Diversity


6.1 Distribution, threat, changes, values & management

Unit 7 Agricultural and Livestock Diversity


7.1 Distribution, threat, changes, values & management of crop genetic resources

Unit 8 Aquatic Biodiversity


8.1 Distribution, threat, changes, values & management

Unit 9 Conservation of biodiversity and sustainable development


9.1 Government actions, conservation programmes and international approaches in Nepal
Unit 10 Applications: Case Studies

10.1 Rhinoceros Translocation

10.2 Crocodile Breeding

10.3 Blackbuck Reintroduction

10.4 Tiger Conservation Plan

10.5 Other Nepalese Examples



Exercises and Papers





  1. Major written test (2 credits)

  2. Group evaluation of a conservation project, and presentation (1 credit)


TEXT AND REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Caughly, G. and A. Gunn. 1996. Conservation Biology in Theory and Practice. Blackwell Scientific, Cambridge, UK.

2. Ehrlich, P. R. 1981. Extinction: The Causes and Consequences of the Disappearance of Species. Random House, New York.

3. Eldridge, N. (ed). 1992. Systematics, Ecology and the Biodiversity Crisis. Columbia University Press, New York.

4. Falconer, D. S. 1981. Introduction to Quantitative Genetics. Longman, New York.

Fiedler, P. L. and S. K. Jain. 1992. Conservation Biology: Theory and Practice of Conservation, Preservation and Management. Chapman and Hall, New York

5. Gilpin, M. and I Hanski. (eds). 1991. Metapopulation Dynamics: Empirical and Theoretical Investigations. Academic Press, San Diego.

6. Grumbine, R. E. 1992. Ghost Bears. Island Press, Washington, DC.

7. Hudson, W. (ed.). 1991. Landscape Linkages and Biodiversity. Island Press, Washington, DC.

8. Hunter, M. L. Jr. 1996. Fundamentals of Conservation Biology. Blackwell Scientific, Cambridge, MA.

9. Meffe, G. K. and C. R. Carroll. 1997. Principles of Conservation Biology. Sinaur Associates, Sunderland, MA.

10. Pearl, M. and D. Western (eds). Conservation for the Twenty-first Century. Oxford University Press, UK.

11. Schonewald-Cox, C. M (et al; eds.). 1983. Genetics and Conservation. Benjamin Cummings, Menlo Park, CA.

12. Soule, M. E. (ed). 1986. Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and Diversity. Sinaur Associates, Sunderland, MA.

13. Soule, M. E. (ed). 1987. Viable Populations for Conservation. Cambridge Univ. Press, New York.

14. Soule, M. E. and B. A. Wilcox. 1980. Conservation Biology: An Evolutionary-Ecological Perspective. Sinaur Associates, Sunderland, MA.

15. Wilson, E. O. 1992. The Diversity of Life. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.

Primer, R.B : Principle of Conservation Biology HMG 2000 : Nepal Biodiversity Action Plan
COURSE CODE: PWM 604

COURSE TITLE: PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT

FULL MARKS: 50
GENERAL OBJECTIVES: At the end of the course students will be able to gain the general knowledge about planning implementation, and evaluation of protection area management
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: After the completion of the course, the students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate understanding of modern concepts related to the basis of establishing protected areas.

2. Examine planning, implementation, and evaluation of management strategies of protected areas.

3. Demonstrate familiarity with conservation education, communications, and public relations schemes, as well as knowledge of integrated approaches used in protected area systems.

4. Name the protected areas of Nepal and discuss their significance.

5. Resolve park-people conflicts and address local needs.
UNIT 1 INTRODUCTION (4)

1.1 Modern concepts of protected areas

1.2 Categories of protected areas

1.3 Criteria for selecting protected areas

1.4 Policy, law and administration for managing protected areas
UNIT 2 PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION, AND EVALUATION OF PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (7)

2.1 Planning

2.1.1 Introduction

2.1.2 National strategies for conservation

2.1.3 Management plans

2.1.4 Annual operation plans

2.1.5 Site plans

2.1.6 Planning research programs for protected areas

2.2 Implementation

2.2.1 Introduction

2.2.2 Management of staff and their duties

2.2.3 Inspection and supervision

2.2.4 Patrolling

2.2.5 Inservice training

2.2.6 Law enforcement

2.3 Evaluation

2.3.1 Introduction

2.3.2 Evaluating cost effectiveness

2.3.3 Assessing achievement of goals

2.3.4 The use of checklists in evaluating management


UNIT 3 MANAGING PROTECTED AREAS (10)

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Management of genetic diversity

3.3 Management of rare and endangered species

3.4 Management of over abundant populations

3.5 Introductions, reintroductions, and translocations

3.6 Case studies (rhinos, gharial, and black buck)

3.7 Restoration of vegetation

3.8 Fire and grazing as management tools

3.9 Harvesting both plant products and animals in and around protected areas

3.10 Wildlife farming and utilization

3.11 Management of wetlands

3.12 Management oriented research studies

3.13 Evaluation and monitoring

3.14 Management trials

3.15 Zoning


UNIT 4 INTEGRATED PROTECTED AREA APPROACH AND LOCAL PEOPLE (12)

4.1 Integrating protected areas in regional land use program

4.1.1 Introduction

4.1.2 Protected area and development

4.1.3 Environmental and sanitation services

4.2 Local people and protected areas

4.2.1 Introduction

4.2.2 Protected area and people

4.2.3 Grazing in and harvesting from protected areas

4.2.4 Local employment

4.2.5 Provision of social services

4.2.6 Resolving conflicts between park/people

4.3 Communication and public relations

4.3.1 Introduction

4.3.2 Visitor information and interpretation services

4.3.3 Local village extension service

4.3.4 Publicity and public relationS

4.3.5 Committees and dialogue

4.3.6 Internal newsletter and information

4.4 Conservation education

4.5 Modern approaches in integrated protected area planning

4.5.1 ZOPP (Objective Oriented Project Planning)

4.5.2 Appa (Appriciative Project Planning and Action

4.5.3 GIS and GPS (Geographic information system and global position system)


UNIT 5 PROTECTED AREAS OF NEPAL (5)

5.1 Protected areas and their unique features.

5.2 Analysis of problems and prospects of protected areas.

5.3 Compararision of management approaches:

5.3.1. National parks wildlife reserve.

5.3.2. ACAP

5.3.3. MBNP and CA

5.3.4. Park and people approach


UNIT 6 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION (2)

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Needs

6.3 Types of assistance

6.4 Organizations: UN agencies, NGOs, Bilateral assistance, Volunteer organizations

6.5 Preparation and submission of requests for assistance


FIELD EXERCISE:
1. Visit Mountain/Terai parks to study the management system

2. Evaluation of Park management

3. Survey of management personnel, protection unit people and local people, tourists and hoteliers.

4. Study of buffer zone management

5. Writing field trip report
TEXT AND REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Uprety, Heinin, and Mehta, National Parks and Administration in Nepal

2. IUCN/UNEP (1986) Managing protected areas in the tropics

3. Mckinnon Buffer Zone Management in the tropics
COURSE CODE: WME 605

COURSE TITLE: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

FULL MARKS: 50

GENERAL OBJECTIVES: After completion of this students will be able to gain general knowledge about ecosystem & habitat, environmental management strategies, environmental assessment infract etc.
SPEFIC OBJECTIVES: On completion of the course, the students will be able to:


  1. Understand concepts of environmental science and its interrelationship with other disciplines

  2. Explain the main policy and laws of environmental protection of a given sector

  3. Prepare a case study report on environmental impact of one of the aspects in relation to a given development activity using IEE/EIA tool.

UNIT 1 INTRODUCTION (4)

1.1 Definition, scope of development of environmental science

1.2 Recent concept of environmental studies


    1. Importance of environmental studies, particularly in the context of Nepal


UNIT 2 ECOSYSTEM AND HABITAT (6)

2.1 Concept of ecosystem and function

2.2 Organism - environment interaction


    1. Community diversity: species diversity and landscape diversity animals

    2. Inter-relationships between human population and their culture and natural environment


UNIT 3 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES (10)

3.1 Introduction to caring for earth (concept, need, one example each of national and local conservation efforts in relation to land, water, air, forest, care of a community)

3.2 Optimum resource utilization (4R - reduction, reuse and recycling/reformulation)

3.3 Government's policy, laws and programs regarding environment conservation (national policy, role of District Development Committee and Village Development Committee as per good governance and decentralization)



    1. Environmental degradation: land and forest, impact of degradation, strategy for mitigation of a degraded land and deforested area as a case study


UNIT 4 ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (7)

4.1 Introduction to environmental pollution

4.2 Air pollution (concept, causes, effects and controlling methods)


    1. Water pollution (concept, causes, effects and controlling methods)

    2. Land pollution (concept, causes, effects and controlling methods)

    3. Noise pollution (concept, causes, effects and controlling methods)

    4. “Solid waste pollution its type , effects and control measures"


UNIT 5 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING (14)

5.1 Introduction to environment (concept, types of environment, interrelationship/dependency, need of environmental management; tools of environmental management: IEE and EIA)

5.2 Initial environmental examination (IEE)

5.2.1 Definition, significance, procedures, main aspects of IEE (physical, biological, social, economic, cultural)

5.2.2 Methodology (aspects of data collection: physical, biological, social, economic, cultural; data collection methods, data analysis, impact identification, impact prediction, mitigation measure, report preparation)

5.3 Environmental Impact assessment (EIA)

5.3.1 Definition, significance, procedures, main aspects of EIA (physical, biological, social, economic, cultural)

5.3.2 Methodology (aspects of data collection: physical, biological, social, economic, cultural; data collection methods, data analysis, impact identification, impact prediction, mitigation measure, report preparation)


UNIT 6 GLOBAL WARMING (4)

6.1 Concept of global warming

6.2 Main factors causing global warning

6.3 Effects of global warming

6.4 Mitigation measures at global level and national level

6.5 “Ozone depletion, green house gas”.



FIELD EXERCISE

1. Case study of water pollution in a Lake or pond

2. Case study of air pollution near bus park or polluted area

3. Case study of the impact of road construction

4. Case study of damage of trees due to atmospheric pollution (e.g. Cement Factory).

5. Case study of waste management system of a specific site

6. Case study of a degraded land or deforested area (include improvement strategy)

7. Case study of IEE on a forest area.


Note: Field visit on all above activity but case study preparation is required on any three cases.

TEXT AND REFERENCE BOOKS

1. EIA guidelines prepared by FAO, ADB, IUCN, National Planning Commission and USDA.

2. IEE training resource kit prepared by Institute of Environmental Management/ESPS/DANIDA, 2004

3. EIA training resource kit prepared by Institute of Environmental Management/ESPS/DANIDA, 2004

4. Reports on EIA of Arun III Project by UNDP/ KMTNC/WORLD BANK.

5. Text book on Ecology by Spurr.

6. World for one Earth – by Philip Sarre & Pond smith Earth scars Publications limited, London.

7. State of the Environment Nepal – His Majesty's Government Ministry of Population & environment, June 1998.

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9. EIA Training Manual for Professionals and Managers, IUCN, Nepal, 1996

10. Community Mobilization Guidelines - Rural Energy Development Programme, REDP/UNDP Public

11. Environment Management Guidelines - Rural Energy Development Programme NEP, 95/016, HMG, UNDP

12. Guidelines for Phewa lake conservation IUCN, Nepal 1995

13. Ecology 200 – Sir A. Hillary

14. EIA Forestry Sector Guidelines 1995, IUCN, Nepal

COURSE CODE: SFM 606

COURSE TITLE: Field Training

FULL MARKS: 25

A practical field-training exercise for two weeks will be conducted in Nepal to prepare a forest management plan. The concerned campuses will provide details of the program. The supervising faculty will evaluate the field training of the students.



COURSE CODE: SFM 607

COURSE TITLE: COMMUNITY FORESTRY

FULL MARKS: 75 THEORY: 75

GENERAL OBJECTIVES: By the end of the course, the students will possess an in-depth knowledge with the current status, issues and strategies of community forestry in Nepal as well as equipped with tools for planning, implementing and evaluating community forestry projects and activities.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the course, the students will be able to:


  1. Describe the limitations of conventional community forestry programs in Nepal.

  2. Identify the management problems of small-scale forestry.

  3. Discuss scope, strengths and limitations of user groups.

  4. Advise on improving the functions, effectiveness and sustainability of forest user groups as well as their forest management capabilities.



UNIT 1 DEVELOPMENT OF CF IN NEPAL


    1. Evolution of Community Forestry

    2. Conventional Vs community forestry

    3. Lessons learned from community forestry experiences

    4. Current national strategies in community forestry



UNIT 2 DYNAMICS IN COMMUNITY FORESTRY


    1. Group dynamics in different user groups

    2. Process and tools of User Group formation- PRA, participatory well being ranking-PWBR

    3. Procedures of preparing CFUG constitution

    4. Procedures of preparing forestry operation plan



UNIT 3 IMPROVING FOREST OPERATION PLAN FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT


    1. Sustainable forest management

    2. Integrated resource management strategies (wild life, soil, forest, tourism,

Biodiversity)

    1. Community forest inventory and sustained yield

    2. Gender, social equity, diversity good governance, livelihood framework

    3. Promotion of enterprise and entrepreneurship development



UNIT 4 CASE STUDIES IN CURRENT CF MANAGEMENT PRACTICES


    1. SWOT/L Appreciative inquiry/Spider web tool

    2. Stakeholders/interest group analysis and their relationship

    3. Roles and responsibilities of user group, CFUG committee, DFO, and other supporting stakeholders

    4. Gender and social inclusion/exclusion in forest management practices

    5. Enterprise and entrepreneurship development



UNIT 5 CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN COMMUNITY FORESTRY


    1. Introduction to conflict

    2. Types of conflicts/nature of conflicts

    3. Principles of conflict management

    4. Identify conflict, issues in community forestry

    5. Cases of conflict management related to resource management



UNIT 6 COMMUNITY FORESTRY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT


    1. Concept of development

    2. Role of CF in MDG and PRSP

    3. Contribution in livelihoods- Livelihood framework

    4. Biodiversity conservation

    5. Eco tourism


TEXT AND REFERENCE BOOKS:


  1. Joint technical review in community forestry, Ministry of forest and soil conservation 2000.

  2. Twenty five year of community forestry (Proceeding of forth National Workshop of Community Forestry)

  3. Entrepreneurship development, Dr. Shyam Joshi, (Taleju Parkashan)

  4. Entrepreneurship development, Devid H. Holt, Prentice Hill publication

  5. Human development report – 1997, UNDP, Kathmandu.

  6. Political Ecology of Community forestry in Nepal – B. Garner University of Wesladen


COURSE CODE: SFM 608

COURSE TITLE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY FOR FORESTRY

FULL MARKS: 50 THEORY: 40 PRACTICAL: 10
General Objectives: After completion of this course the students will be able to understand general concepts, meaning and philosophy of research methods and develop basic skills of scientific report writing.
Specific Objectives: Students are expected to develop the following specific knowledge and skills.
1. Meaning and types of research and their characteristics

2. Various research designs and their steps

3. Methods of data collection, analysis and interpretation

4. Preparing scientific report and its presentation.


UNIT 1 Meaning and Philosphy of Research (5)

1.1 Meaning (Social Sciences and Biophysical research)

1.2 Philosophy/Theory of science

1.3 Basic Characteristics of research

1.4 Type of research
UNIT 2 LANGUAGE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH (7)

2.1 Concept-Construct-hypothesis-theory

2.2 Variable

2.3 Measurements of variables (scaling)

2.4 Reliability and validity

2.5 Accuracy, precision and biases


UNIT 3 BASIC STEPS OF A RESEARCH (4)

3.1 Identification of research problem

3.2 Literature review

3.3 Designing a research (conceptual framework)

3.4 Hypotheses and definition of terms

3.5 Methods

3.6 Data collection

3.7. Analysis and interpretation

3.8 Report writing and presentation
UNIT 4 RESEARCH DESIGN (8)

4.1 Meaning and nature

4.2 Exploratory and descriptive/diagnostic Research design

4.3 Experimental design

4.3.1 Casualty and causal inferences

4.3.2 Types of experimental design

4.4 Sampling design
UNIT 5 METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION (12)

5.1 Survey,

5.2 Observation

5.3 Interviews

5.4 Questionnaire

5.5 RRA/PRA


UNIT 6 DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION (8)

6.1 Classification and organization of data.

6.2 Statistical tests

6.3 Choosing an appropriate test

6.4 Interpretation of findings
UNIT 7 REPORT WRITING AND PRESENTATION (5)

7.1 How to write a research proposal

7.2 How to write scientific paper

7.3 Format of research report.


PRACTICAL


  1. Determination Of proper sample size

  2. Exercise in laying out socio-economic research-case study

  3. Research project (each student picks up an issue and develops a full research proposal)

  4. Computer use for social and biological research


TEXT AND REFERENCE BOOKS


  1. C.R. Kothari – Research methodology. Methods and techniques.

  2. Fred N. Kerlinger – Foundation of Behavioral Research.

  3. Monette, Sullivan, Dejong, - Applied Social Research. Tools for The Human Services.

  4. Earl Babbe. The practice of Social Research

  5. Dr. M.L.Singh. Understanding of Research Methodology.

  6. Howard K. Wolf and P.R. Pant. A Handbook for Social Science Research and Thesis Writing. The second Edition.



COURSE CODE: SFM 650

COURSE TITLE: STUDENT SEMINAR

FULL MARKS: 25

All students must present seminar based on their project paper work. The grading of the seminar will be based on the methodology developed by the seminar co-ordinator.


COURSE CODE: SFM 651

COURSE TITLE: PROJECT PAPER

FULL MARKS: 100

As a partial fulfillment for the requirement if B. Sc. Forestry degree, all students must work on their project paper. Students are encouraged to conduct original research work based on their interests. Project papers will be finalized in coordination with campus administration on recommendation of respective student's supervisor. The project paper will be evaluated both by the supervisor and an external evaluator.






B.Sc. Course 2008 Modified Final

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