Socioeconomic View of Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Nepal : Multi-agents analysis of deforestation and forest degradation at local and regional scales

Concern on deforestation and forest degradation has been raising exponentially for centuries, and a huge researches, initiatives and measures have been executing to lessen its environmental effect. Yet, little attention has given to the socioeconomic facet of deforestation and forest degradation. Therefore, this book, comprehend a new paradigm commence on socioeconomic perspective of deforestation and forest degradation in Nepal. Integration of GIS, RS and socioeconomic aspects are the key features in this book. The book focuses a multi-agents analysis of Terai region, both in local and regional scales and tries to analyze complicated relation between socioeconomic and biophysical forest parameters. The perspective presented in this book is imperative in order to provide guidance to policy-makers, serving them as a tool for policy intervention and implementation. This book will be of interest to students, researchers and GOs /INGOs working in the sector of rural development and natural resource management, including the readers who have interest on socioeconomic perspective of deforestation and forest degradation processes in Nepal.