Mountains in the Changing World

Mountains in the Changing World (MoChWo 2017)

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The Second International Conference

Mountains in the Changing World

Air Pollution: Mechanisms and Consequences

Hotel Radisson, Kathmandu, Nepal October 27-28, 2017

Program Schedule (draft/subject to change) October 27, 2017 || DAY ONE

08.00 09.00 Check - in Inaugural Session

09.00 09.20 Welcome and Program Highlights [Room: Nepa Dhuku]

Dr.

Basant Giri, Convener

Kathmandu Institute of Applied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal

Chair

Dr. Kedar Rijal, Professor, Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

09.20 10.10 Keynote: Health and climate impacts of rural residential energy transition in China (PA -KN -1 -K-52) [Room: Nepa Dhuku]

Shu Tao, Muye Ru, Wei Du, Xi Zhu, Qirui Zhong

College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, China

10.10 11.00 Keynote: Black carbon - Smoke in countries across Asia and megacities and determining its effects on climate change using nuclear analytical technologies (PA -KN -1 -K-55) [Room: Nepa Dhuku]

Andreas Markwitz¹, David Cohen², Bilkis A. Begum³, Bangfa Ni⁴, Sanjay K. Sahu⁵, Muhayatun Santoso⁶, Jong M. Lim⁷, Shamsiah A. Rahman⁸, Dagva Shagjjamba⁹, Naila Siddique¹⁰, Preciosa C.B. Pabroa¹¹, M.C. Shirani Seneviratne¹², Wanna Wimolwattanapun¹³, Thu BacVuong¹⁴

1IAEA Lead Country Coordinator, GNS Science, National Isotope Centre, 30 Gracefield Road, Lower Hutt, New Zealand; ²Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Locked Bag 2001, Kirrawee, DC, NSW, 2232, Australia; ³Atomic Energy Centre, Dhaka (AECD), Bangladesh Atomic Energy, Commission (BAEC), P.O. Box 164, Dhaka, Bangladesh; ⁴China Institute of Atomic Energy, (CIAE), China National Nuclear Corp. (CNNC), P.O. Box 275-50, Beijing 102413, China; ⁵Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai, 400085, India;

6National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN), Jl. Tamansari 71 Bandung, Indonesia; ⁷Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), 989-111, Dadeok-daero, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-353, Korea; ⁸Malaysia Nuclear Agency, Bangi Komplex, Selangor Darul Ehsan, 43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia; ⁹National University of Mongolia, Bayan-Zurkh District, 13th Khoroo, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; ¹⁰Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH), P.O. Nilore, Islamabad, 45650 Pakistan; ¹¹Philippine Nuclear Research Institute,

Commonwealth Avenue, Diliman, P.O. Box 213, Quezon City 1101, Philippines; ¹²Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Board, No.60/460, Baseline Road, Orugodawatta, Wellampitiya, Sri Lanka; ¹³Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology (TINT), 16 Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; ¹⁴Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute (VINATOM), 179 Hoang Quoc Viet - Nghia Do, Hanoi, Vietnam

11.00 11.20 Photo Session/Tea Break Technical Session

11.20 13.05 Air Pollution: Mechanisms and Consequences (PA -APH -1) [Room: Nepa]

Chair Dr. Rejina Maskey, Professor, Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Invited: Assessment of urban air quality in Indonesia (PA -APH -1 -I-51)

Muhayatun Santoso¹, Diah Dwiana Lestiani¹, Rita Mukhtar²

1National Nuclear Energy Agency of Indonesia, Center for Applied Nuclear Science and Technology, Jl. Tamansari 71 Bandung, Indonesia;

2Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Center of Research and Development for environmental quality and laboratory, Serpong, Indonesia

Invited: Understanding human health burden associated with air pollution in Kathmandu valley, Nepal (PA -APH - 1 -I-256)

Anobha Gurung^1,2

1International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Lalitpur, Nepal; ²Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, USA

A model-ready emission inventory for crop residue open burning in the context of Nepal (PA -APH -1 -137)

Bhupendra Das^1,2, Prakash V. Bhave², Kiran Shakya², Rejina (Maskey) Byanju¹

1Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal; ²International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Lalitpur, Nepal

Air pollution in Kathmandu: on-road traffic condition and vehicular emission of passenger vehicles (PA -APH -1 -

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Nita Khanal¹, Rejina Maskey¹, Prakash Bhave², Siva Praveen Puppala²

1Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal; ²International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Lalitpur, Nepal

Urban on-road traffic condition and vehicular emission in Kathmandu valley (PA -APH -1 -83)

Enna Mool¹, Rejina Maskey Byanju¹, Prakash V. Bhave², Siva Praveen Puppala²

1Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal; ²International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal

11.20 12.50 Symposium: Smart Carbon Farming Potential (PA -SCF -1) [Room: Dhuku]

Chair Dr. Rashila Deshar, Professor, Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Invited: Potential solution for improving soil health, food security and reducing GHG emissions (PA -SCF -1 –I- 120)

Thakur Bhattarai^1,2

1Carbon Link Limited, Yeppoon Qld, Australia; ²Institute of Future Farming Systems, Central Queensland University, Australia

Carbon trading mechanism under the carbon smart farming: opportunities, challenges and risk, an Australian perspective (PA -SCF -1 -81)

Louisa Kiely and Thakur Bhattarai

Carbon Market Institute, Carbon Farmers of Australia, Carbon Smart Farming, Australia

Measuring and increasing soil organic carbon in agricultural systems (PA -SCF -1 -85)

Brian William Murphy

NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, Australia

Soil amendments and compost derived microbial tea to improve soil health, farm productivity, hence food security and generate carbon credits: A case study from Australia (PA -SCF -1 -82)

Rhonda Clare Daly

Carbon Smart Farming, Australia

13.00 14.00 Lunch Break

14.00 15.30 Symposium: Sustainable Waste Management in Developing Countries (PA -SWD -1) [Room: Nepa]

Chair Dr. Mohan B. Dangi, Professor, California State University, Fresno, CA, USA

Invited: Municipal solid waste management and resource recycling in Asia (PA -SWD -1 –I -242)

Agamuthu Pariatamby

University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Collapse of garbage mountains in Sri Lanka: impact on community (PA -SWD -1 -236)

Mallika Rani Pinnawala

Department of Sociology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Study of solid waste management in Dya-kuu community, ward no. 10 in Kirtipur, Nepal (PA -SWD -1 -240)

Pratik Bajracharya¹, Seema Karki¹, Prakash V Bhave¹, Rupesh Maharjan²

1International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Lalitpur, Nepal; ²Agriculture and Forestry University, Nepal

The role of open data in solid waste management (PA -SWD -1 -250)

Neelam Pradhananga, Nathaniel Azam

Clean up Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

Waste to wealth: sustainable livelihood of waste workers in Bangladesh (PA -SWD -1 -249)

Mehe Zebunnesa Rahman, Sohela Mustari

School of Business Studies, Southeast University, Bangladesh

Symposium: HIMALICE - Himalayan Cryosphere: Understanding of Water Resources and Glacier Hazards (PA- HCH-1) [Room: Dhuku]

Chair

15.30 16.00 Tea Break

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16.00 17.30 Symposium: Sustainable Waste Management in Developing Countries (PA -SWD -2) [Room: Nepa]

Chair Dr. Agamuthu Pariatamby, Professor, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malasia

Invited: Sustainable environmental friendly and safe health care waste management in Nepal (PA -SWD -2 –I -248)

Mahesh Nakarmi, S Karmacharya, Prerana Dangol, P Basnet

Health Care Waste Management Program, Kathmandu, Nepal

Closing the loop - Role of anaerobic fermentation based biorefinery utilizing waste (PA -SWD -2 -201)

Anish Ghimire¹, Vincenzo Luongo², Luigi Frunzo³, Francesco Pirozzi², Giovanni Esposito⁴

1Center for Postgraduate Studies, Nepal Engineering College, Affiliated to Pokhara University, Lalitpur, Nepal; ²Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, via Claudio 21, 80125 Naples, Italy; ³Department of Mathematics and Applications Renato Caccioppoli, University of Naples Federico II, via Cintia, Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Naples, Italy;

4Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, via Di Biasio 43, 03043 Cassino (FR), Italy

Assessment of occupational health hazard and safety practices among the municipal solid waste collectors in Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Nepal (PA -SWD -2 -147)

Dipa Katuwal¹, Sujan Babu Marahatta²

1Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal; ²Manmohan Health Institute, Tribhuvan University

Life cycle assessment (LCA) of municipal solid waste management system in Kathmandu Metropolitan City (PA - SWD -2 -241)

Om Bam Malla

Golden Gate International College, Nepal

Solid waste management practices at commercial level in Ghandruk, Nepal (PA -SWD -2 -218)

Manoj Neupane¹, Mohan B. Dangi²

1Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal; ²Geography and City & Regional Planning, California State University, Fresno, United States

Symposium: HIMALICE - Himalayan Cryosphere: Understanding of Water Resources and Glacier Hazards (PA- HCH-2) [Room: Dhuku]

Chair

18.00 20.00 Dinner

October 28, 2017 || DAY TWO Symposium and Technical Session

09.00 10.30 Symposium: Citizen Science For a Sustainable Mountain Future (PA -CSS-1) [Room: Nepa]

Chair

Dr. Ram Devi Tachamo Shah, Himalayan Biodiversity and Climate Change Centre, Nepal

Invited: On connecting hydrological modelling to stakeholder participation (PA -CSS -1 -I-58)

Steve W. Lyon^1,2, Orn-uma Polpanich^3,4

1Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Sweden; ²The Nature Conservancy, New Jersey, USA; ³Stockholm Environment Institute, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; ⁴Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Exploring linkages between ecological stream health, and land-use in the Kathmandu valley, Nepal (PA -CSS -1 - 113)

Jeff Davids¹, Nischal Devkota², Petra Izbound¹, Anusha Pandey², Ram Devi Tachamo Shah², Deep Narayan Shah², Martine Rutten¹

1Delft University of Technology, Netherlands; ²NAMI College, Jorpati, Kathmandu, Nepal

Community based rainfall measurement in Nepal: rainfall variability of Kathmandu valley in 2016 (PA -CSS -1 - 149)

Sadiksha Rai^1,2, Manisha KC^1,2, Sangeeta Ghising^2,3, Resham Baniya^2,4 and Suresh Marahatta^1,2

1Department of Meteorology, Trichandra Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal; ²Community-based rainfall measurement (CORAM) program, Kathmandu Institute of Applied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal; ³Department of Environmental Sciences, Trichandra Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal; ⁴Khowpa College, Tribhuvan University, Bhaktapur, Nepal

Developing citizen scientists to benefit local communities through maintaining ecosystem health and climate resilience (PA -CSS -1 -175)

Anjana Shakya, Allen Turner, Sarah Gray, Bhawani Dongol

Program for Aquatic Natural Resource Improvement (Paani) project, USAID Nepal's water project, Kathmandu, Nepal

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Smart-online-distributed spatial data acquisition for mapping interventions under Hariyo Ban Program (PA -CSS -1 -179)

Him Lal Shrestha, Bal Krishna Jamarkattel, Dev Raj Gautam eG-Tech Pvt. Ltd., Kathmandu, Nepal

Himalayan Biodiversity: Ecology and Conservation (PA -HBC -1) [Room: Duku]

Chair Dr. Prakash K. Paudel, Scientist, Kathmandu Institute of Applied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal

Mitochondrial DNA introgression among pikas (Ochotona) (PA -HBC -1 -190)

Narayan Prasad Koju^1,2, Mukesh Kumar Chalise³, Xuelong Jiang²

1NAMI College, University of Northampton, Kathmandu, Nepal; ²Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Science, China; ³Central Department of Zoology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Potential distribution of snow leopard habitat area in the context of climate change: a modeling based approach (PA -HBC -1 -209)

Menaka Kumari Panta Neupane¹, Hari Basnet¹, Prabhat Raj Dahal², Sujan Khanal1, Ayush Adhikari1, Anu Rai1, Gopal Raj Khanal²

1International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Lalitpur, Nepal; ²Kathmandu Living Labs, Kathmandu, Nepal; ³ National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore, India

Community based red panda monitoring in Eastern Nepal (PA -HBC -1 -200)

Saroj Shrestha

Red panda Network, Kathmandu, Nepal

Population status and threats to vultures in Eastern Nawalparasi and adjoining part of India (PA -HBC -1 -106)

Ramesh Kumar Basel

Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Population status and threat assessment of globally vulnerable cheer pheasant catreus wallichii from Bajura, Nepal (PA -HBC -1 -227)

Hari Basnet¹, Ganga Shah²

1Small Mammals Conservation and Research Foundation, Kathmandu, Nepal; ²Faculty of Science and technology Mid-Western university Birendranagar, Surkhet, Nepal

Status and trend of human wildlife conflict: A case study of Lelep and Yamphudin region, Kanchenjunga Conservation Area, Taplejung (PA-HBC-1-35)

Roshan Sherchan¹, Ananta Bhandari², Manish Kokh Shrestha³

1Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Nepal; ²World Wildlife Fund, Nepal, Baluwatar, Kathmandu, Nepal; ³Dhulikhel, Nepal

Symposium: HIMALICE - Himalayan Cryosphere: Understanding of Water Resources and Glacier Hazards (PA-HCH-3) [Room: Rara]

Chair

Integrating satellite-based remote sensing with ground observations to estimate daily evapotranspiration (PA -HCH - 3 – I - 50)

Andrew French

Water Management and Conservation Research Unit, USDA-ARS, US Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center, Maricopa, Arizona, USA

Statistical analysis of long-term spatial and temporal trends in precipitation from 1951-2014 of Nepal (PA –HCH – 3 - 205)

Devesh Koirala¹, Dibas Shrestha², Bikash Nepal³

1Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Lalitpur, Nepal; ²Central Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal; ³Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

10.30 11.00 Tea Break

11.00 12.30 Symposium: Citizen Science For a Sustainable Mountain Future (PA -CSS-2) [Room: Nepa]

Chair Dr. Steve W. Lyon, Professor, Stockholm University, Sweden

Citizen science: A sustainable approach in Biological monitoring of water bodies

Ram Devi Tachamo Shah, Deep Narayan Shah

Himalayan Biodiversity and Climate Change Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal

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Citizen scientists flow measurements (PA -CSS -2 -138)

Anusha Pandey¹, Jeffery Collins Davids², Nischal Devkota¹, Martine Rutten², Wessel David Van Oyen²

1NAMI College, Jorpati, Kathmandu, Nepal; ²Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands

Identifying the relationship between rainfall-runoff, water quality and land use while facilitating citizen science (PA -CSS -2 -169)

Lisa Verschuren, Sylvia van Doorn, Nikiforos Koliolios, Jasper Schakel, Ingo van Lohuizen and Margot Haitsma Mulier Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands

Panel Discussion

Himalayan Biodiversity: Ecology and Conservation (PA -HBC -2) [Room: Duku]

Chair Dr. Narayan P. Koju, NAAMI College, Northampton University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Tree-ring studies of a central Himalayan Abies spectabilis treeline ecotone in Nepal (PA -HBC -2 -46)

Niels Schwab¹, Ryszard J. Kaczka², Ram Prasad Chaudhary³, Udo Schickhoff¹

1Physical Geography, Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; ²Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Sosnowiec, Poland; ³Research Centre for Applied Science and Technology (ReCAST), Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Nepal

Distribution and association of Cycas pectinata in Bajho, Ilam (PA -HBC -2 -131)

Bimala Mainali¹, Dinesh Raj Bhuju²

1Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal; ²Resource Himalaya Foundation, Nepal

Distribution of orchid (Coelogyne nitida) and its associated host tree species in Naulo Charchare Community Forest, Kaski, Central Nepal (PA -HBC -2 -75)

Pooja Koju Shrestha¹, Keshab Raj Rajbhandari²

1Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal; ²Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Quality assessment of Churia sal (Shorea robusta) forest with emphasis on timber production (PA -HBC -2 -29)

Shristi Pudasaini, Keshav Raj Acharya

Hetauda Campus, Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University, Hetauda, Nepal

Regeneration status of Rhododendron arboreum in Tinjure-Milke-Jaljale, Eastern Nepal (PA -HBC -2 -70)

Kushum Regmi, Madan Koirala

Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Status of invasive alien plant species in community managed forests: a case of Sundari and Dhuseri community forests of Nawalparasi district, central Nepal (PA -HBC -2 -172)

Laxmi Khaniya, Bharat Babu Shrestha

Central Department of Botany, Biodiversity and Environmental Management, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Status of forest governance in far- western Tarai region of Nepal (PA -HBC -2-178)

Keshab Raj Pant¹ and Rashila Deshar²

1Nepal Engineering College, Pokhara University, Lalitpur, Nepal; ²Central Department of Environment Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Assessment of Variation in Selected Ecosystem Properties (Shorea robusta regeneration, leaf litter quantity and soil properties) due to Fire (A case study from Dhansar Block forest Rautahat, Nepal) (PA-HBC-2-186)

Badri Prasad Dhungana Tribhuvan University

Symposium: HIMALICE - Himalayan cryosphere: Understanding of water resources and glacier hazards (PA-SCH-4) [Room: Rara]

Chair

12.30 14.00 Poster Session 13.00 14.00 Lunch Break

14.00 15.30 Frontiers of agro-economy and mountain livelihoods (PA -FAE -1) [Room: Nepa]

Chair Dr. Susma Giri, Scientist, Kathmandu Institute of Applied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal

Mountains in the Changing World (MoChWo 2017)

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Effect of organic and chemical fertilizers on soil bacteria and fungi biomass (PA -FAE -1 -39)

Salina Panta¹, Chandeswor Prasad Shriwastav¹, Indira Bhattarai¹, Roshan Babu Ojha²

1Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal; ²Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Lalitpur, Nepal

Performance of rice genotypes in upland at Bhotewodar, Lamjung (PA -FAE -1 -21)

Sharmila Shrestha

Institution of Agriculture and Animal Science, Tribhuvan University, Chitwan, Nepal

Short term effect of application of fertilizers on soil organic carbon and wheat yield in mid-hill of Gorkha (PA -FAE -1 -164)

Sumana Devkota¹, Chandra Prasad Pokhrel²

1Central Department of Environmetal Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal; ²Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Soil fertility status between lowland (khet) and upland (pakho baari) of Gorkha district, Nepal (PA -FAE -1 -23)

Ashok Kumar Shrestha¹, Binod Dawadi²

1Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal; ²Central Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Study on chemical and biological properties of soil under long term soil fertility trial in rice-wheat cropping system at Khajura, Nepalgunj (PA -FAE -1 -37)

Babita Lamichhane

Purbhanchal University, Nepal

Frontiers of agro-economy and mountain livelihoods (PA -FAE -2) [Room: Duku]

Chair Dr. Annamaria Giorgi, Professor, University of Milan, Italy

Assessment of yield and yield attributing characters of hybrid maize using nutrient expert® maize model in eastern Terai of Nepal (PA -FAE -2 -215)

Samjhana Khanal, Lal Prasad Amgain

Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Lamjung Campus, Lamjung Nepal

Field experiment to evaluate the efficiency of different chemical fungicides in sabha mansuli variety of rice against brown leaf spot (Bipolaris oryzae) at IAAS, Paklihawa, Rupandehi (PA -FAE -2 -193)

Jharana Panthi, Yogendra Singh Saud, Sunil Shrestha, Pratibha Sharma, Binaya Parajuli

Department of Soil Science, Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Nitrogen level and irrigation interval on mitigating Stemphylium blight and downy mildew in onion (PA -FAE -2 - 79)

Bibek Acharya

Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS), Chitwan, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Participatory assessment to determine maize innovations and adoptions in mid hills of Nepal, Palpa (PA -FAE -2 - 174)

Roshana Gautam

Institute of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, Tribhuvan University, Chitwan, Nepal

Performance of wheat genotypes under participatory varietal selection at mid-hills of far-western development region of Nepal (PA -FAE -2 -214)

Bishal Dhakal, Keshav Prasad Shrestha, Bishnu Prasad Joshi Regional Agricultural Research Station, Doti, Nepal

Sustainable Agriculture Practice (PA -SAP -1) [Room: Rara]

Chair Dr. Menaka Kumari Pant Neupane, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Lalitpur, Nepal

Efficacy of IPM over chemical method for controlling southern tomato leaf miner (Tuta absoluta, Meyrick) (PA - SAP -1 -68)

Arati Joshi, Dharmendra Kalauni

Agriculture and Forestry University, Chitwan, Nepal

Factors affecting the adoption of organic vegetable production by Nepalese farmers: a case of Kavre district (PA - SAP -1 -216)

Tilak Raj Chaulagai

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Prime Minister Agriculture Modernization Project, Ministry of Agriculture Development, Nepal

Insect pest management of vegetable crops using different eco-friendly pesticides in Kathmandu valley (PA -SAP -1 -20)

Suman Gajurel

Himalayan College of Agicultural Sciences and Technology (HICAST), Lalitpur, Nepal

Plant community diversity-invisibility in the mountainous rangelands of northeast Iran (PA -SAP -1 -100)

Sorour Rahmanian¹, Hamid Ejtehadi¹, Mohammad Farzam², Farshid Memariani³

1Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran, Islamic Republic Of; ²Department of Range and Watershed Management, Faculty of Natural Resources, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran; ³Research Center on plant Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

Study on relationship of socioeconomic factors of citrus growers in Lamjung, Nepal (PA -SAP -1 -151)

Achyut Gaire, Samjhana Koirala

Department of Agronomy, IAAS, PG Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal

15.30 15.45 Tea Break

15.45 17.15 Disasters, resilience, and adaptation in Nepal (PA -FAE -1) [Room: Nepa]

Chair Dr. Hemu Kafle, Research Director, Nepal Water Conservation Foundation, Kathmandu, Nepal

Invited: Monitoring of co-seismic landslides in the Nepal Himalaya: an initiative for sustainable development (PA -DRA -1 -I-300)

Basanta Raj Adhikari

Centre for Disaster Studies, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Study of risk perceptions after Gorkha earthquake-2015 in the Khokana, Lalitpur, Nepal (PA -DRA -1 -146)

Suraj Gautam, Basanta Raj Adhikari, Gaurav Panthi

Department of Civil Engineering, Pulchowk Campus, IoE, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Assessing social vulnerability in Lalbakaiya, Ratu and Balan watershed of Nepal (PA -DRA - 1-80)

Amrit Prasad Sharma

Department of Environmental Science, Patan Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Lalitpur, Nepal

Slope failure assessment by kinematic analysis: A case study from Kulekhani watershed (PA -DRA -1 -63)

Badal Pokharel, Prem Bahadur Thapa

Department of Geology, Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Social-ecological resilience to earthquake disaster: a case study of rural communities in Nepal (PA -DRA -1 -102)

Alina Shrestha¹, Krishna Prasad Poudel²

1Central Department of Botany, Biodiversity and Environmental Management Program, Tribhuvan University, Nepal; ²Central Department of Education

Mountain People and Livelihoods (PA -MPL -1) [Room: Duku]

Chair Dr. Rashila Deshar, Professor, Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Dynamic Structural Modeling of the Technology, trade and competitiveness linkages of Bamboo industry in Himalayan regions (PA-MPL-1-289)

Syed Zulfi, Sushil

Department of Management Studies; Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Factors affecting adoption of livestock insurance as a risk management tool in Nawalparasi district, Nepal (PA - MPL -1 -192)

Ghanshyam Kandel¹, Ram Hari Timilsina²

1Socioeconomics and Agricultural Research Policy Division, Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Nepal; ²Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur Chitwan

Gravity and muscle force operated surface rope-way for mountain alternative transportation sustainability (PA -MPL -1 -154)

Lok Bahadur Baral¹, Jeevan Jyoti Nakarmi¹, Khem Narayan Poudyal², Aristotelis Naniopoulos³, Dimitrios Nalmpantis³

1Central Department of Physics, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal; ²Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal;

3Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Mountains in the Changing World (MoChWo 2017)

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Production and marketing of rice in Naghlebhare, Kathmandu: An economic analysis (PA -MPL -1 -160)

Bidya Kiran Sapkota¹, Jay Prakash Dutta¹, Tilak Raj Chaulagain², Sanjiv Subedi³

1Agriculture and Forestry University, Nepal; ²Prime Minister Agricultural Modernization Project (PMAMP), MOAD, Government of Nepal, Nepal; ³Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Lalitpur, Nepal

Resource Productivity of Wheat Production in Kanchanpur District, Nepal (PA -MPL -1 -77)

Vivek Bist, Sudip Adhikari, Suryamani Dhungana, Nirmala Acharya

Agriculture and Forestry University, Chitwan, Nepal

Socio-economic analysis of food insecurity: a case of Bajura district, Nepal (PA -MPL -1 -86)

Sagar Bista¹, Rishi Ram Kattel²

1District Agriculture Development Office, Panchthar, Nepal; ²Agriculture and Forestry University, Chitwan, Nepal

Mountain People in the Changing World (PA -MPW-1) [Room: Rara]

Climate change impacts and understanding of local community along Koshi Highway, Eastern Nepal (PA -MPW - 1-128)

Sabitri Rai¹, Sadhana Pradhanang¹, Ngamindra Dahal²

1Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal; ²Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies

Climatic changes in the mid-hills of Nepal: a study on smallholder farmers' perception and reactions (PA -MPW -1 - 65)

Leonie Kreipe¹, Eva Wieners², Eva Schlecht¹

1University of Kassel / Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Animal Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics, Germany; ²University of Hamburg, CEN Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, Institute of Geography, Germany

Effect of temperature and precipitation on usnic acid production in Parmelia flexilis grown at different altitudes of Nepal. (PA – MPW - 1 - 196)

Bishnu Prasad Neupane Pokhara University, Kaski, Nepal

Perception, determinants and barriers to adoption of climate change adaptation options among Nepalese rice farmers (PA -MPW - -12)

Niranjan Devkota¹, Ram Kumar Phuyal², Durga Lal Shrestha¹

1Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal; ²Centre for Economic Development and Administration, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Severity of climate induced drought and its impact on livelihood (PA -MPW - 1-132)

Neekita Joshi, Robert Dongol

Nepal Engineering College, Nepal

Study on impact of climate change and its effect on the situation of women (a case study of Lele village development committee (VDC), Lalitpur, Nepal) (PA -MPW -1 -5)

Richa Pradhan

Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

17.15 17.45 Concluding Session

Poster Session (PO -PO -1) Location: Open Air Hall Date: October 28, 2017, Time: 12.30-14.00

Plant diversity of Mount Cavallo path (Italian Alps) (PO -PO -1 -30)

Annamaria Giorgi^1,2, Luca Giupponi¹, Daniela Pentimalli¹, Emanuela Zilio¹

1Centre of Applied Studies for the Sustainable Management and Protection of Mountain Areas (Ge.S.Di.Mont.), University of Milan, via Morino 8, 25048 Edolo (BS), Italy; ²Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences-Production, Landscape, Agroene, Italy

Active compounds on TRP ion channels from W. glabra: A medicinal plant of Himalaya (PO -PO -1 -31)

Annamaria Giorgi^1,2, Angela Bassoli³, Gigliola Borgonovo³, Sara Panseri⁴, Alessandra Manzo¹, Daniela Pentimalli¹, Aniello Schiano Moriello⁵, Luciano De Petrocellis⁵

1Centre of Applied Studies for the Sustainable Management and Protection of Mountain Areas (Ge.S.Di.Mont.), University of Milan, via Morino 8, 25048 Edolo (BS), Italy; ²Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences-Production, Landscape, Agroene, Italy; ³Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, University of Milan, via Celoria 2, 20133 Milan, Italy; ⁴Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety (VESPA), University of Milan, via Celoria 10, 20133 Milan, Italy; ⁵Endocannabinoid Research Group, Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, CNR, Pozzuoli, Napoli, Italy

Biochar application to Crocus sativus L. cultivation (PO -PO -1 -32)

Mountains in the Changing World (MoChWo 2017)

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Annamaria Giorgi^1,2, Daniela Pentimall¹, Sara Panseri³, Luca Giupponi¹

1Centre of Applied Studies for the Sustainable Management and Protection of Mountain Areas (Ge.S.Di.Mont.), University of Milan, via Morino 8, 25048 Edolo (BS), Italy; ²Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences-Production, Landscape, Agroene, Italy; ³Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety (VESPA)-University of Milan, via Celoria 10, 20133 Milan, Italy

Effect of different fertilizer sources on growth, yield and ecological parameters of broccoli in Chitwan, Nepal (PO - FAE -1 -43)

Salina Panta¹, Chandeswor Prasad Shriwastav¹, Indira Bhattarai¹, Roshan Babu Ojha²

1Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal; ²Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Lalitpur, Nepal

Transition to sustainable mountain agriculture: Agroforestry experiences in the mid-hills of Nepal (PO -PO -1 -48)

Niels Schwab¹, Leonie Kreipe², Eva Wieners¹, Theresia Müller³, Nina Kiese⁴, Udo Schickhoff,

1Physical Geography, Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany & Kaule e.V. - Organisation for Socially Sustainable Agro-Projects, Germany; ²University of Kassel / Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Animal Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics, Germany & Kaule e.V. - Organisation for Socially Sustainable Agro-Projects, Germany; ³Institute of Geosciences and Geography, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany; ⁴Institut für Geographie und Geoökologie, KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany & Kaule e.V. - Organisation for Socially Sustainable Agro-Projects, Germany

Threat of Ageratina adenophora to Nepalese Alder forest (PO -PO -1 -49)

Sangita Pachhai and Lal B Thapa

Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Development of a low-cost pesticide detection method using paper-based analytical device and desktop spectrometer (PO -PO -1 -54)

Muna Fuyal, Basant Giri

Center for Analytical Sciences, Kathmandu Institute of Applied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal

People's perception on climate change in Gorkha district (PO -PO -1 -67)

Seema Baniya and Lal B Thapa

Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal

Determinants of herder's attitudes towards snow leopard in Upper Mustang, Nepal (PO -PO -1 -88)

Karuna Karki

Department of Forest Research and Survey

Biopriming of seed: An excellent alternative for chemical seed treatment (PO -PO -1 -89)

Barsha Bastola

Institute of Agriculture and Animal science (IAAS), Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Application of urease utilizing microbes to solve the dust problem of Kathmandu municipality (PO - PO -1 -91)

Sudarshan GC

Purwanchal University, Nepal

Characterisation of leachate and its impact on the quality of ground water nearby landfill sites of Kathmandu valley (PO -PO -1 -104)

Rashmita Shakya¹, Basant Giri², Mohan B. Dangi³

1Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal; ²Center for Analytical Sciences, Kathmandu Institute of Applied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal; ³Department of Geography and City & Regional Planning, California State University, Fresno, CA, USA

Spiny and allelopthic shrubs conserve 40 percent of species richness in Binalud Mountain Iran (PO -PO -1 -144)

Fatemeh Mohammadabadi¹, Mohammad Farzam¹, Hamid Ejtehadi², Reza Yari³

1Department of Range and Watershed Management, Faculty of Natural Resources, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran, Islamic Republic Of;

2Department of Biology, Faculty of Scince, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran; ³Sarayan Faculty of Agriculture, Birjand University, Birjand Iran

Livelihood improvement of indigenous Tharu community through riverbed vegetable farming: evidences from Kanchanpur district, Nepal (PO-PO -1 -148)

Vivek Bist

Agriculture and Forestry University, Chitwan, Nepal

Study of zero tillage demonstration on farm trial (PO -PO -1 -157)

Santsoh Rasaily, Bikash Poudel, Laxmi Devi Adhikari , Aastha Bhusal

LIBIRD, Nepal

Mountains in the Changing World (MoChWo 2017)

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Human -pika (Ochotona) interaction in Himalaya of Nepal (PO -PO -1 -188)

Narayan Prasad Koju¹, Mukesh Kumar Chalise², Randall Charles Kyes³

1Nepal Engineering College Center for Post Graduate studies, Pokhara University, Lalitpur, Nepal; ²Central Department of Zoology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal; ³Department of Psychology, University of Washington, United States

Biodiversity conservation in Nepal: trends and future directions (PO -PO -1 -195)

Shishila Baniya, Jiban Sharma, Prakash Kumar Paudel

Centre for Conservation Biology, Kathmandu Institute of Applied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal

Solar based irrigation system being an effective climate smart technology for irrigation in Nawalparasi, Nepal (PO -

PO -1 -210)

Aastha Bhusal, Bikash Poudel, Laxmi Devi Adhikari and Santosh Rasaily

Local Initiatives for Bio-diversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD), Kathmandu, Nepal

Diversity of insects across levels of anthropogenic disturbance in Kathmandu Valley (PO -PO -1 -217)

Meena Saru¹, Deepa Kumari Poudel¹, Susma Giri²

1Department of Environmental Science, Trichandra Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal; ²Center for Conservation Biology, Kathmandu Institute of Applied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal

Distribution of insect orders across elevational gradient in Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park (PO -PO -1 -221)

Bhumika Acharya¹, Susma Giri²

1Department of Environmental Science, Trichandra Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal; ²Center for Conservation Biology, Kathmandu Institute of Applied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal

Development of paper-based analytical device for heavy metal analysis of leachate samples from landfill sites of Bagmati zone, Nepal (PO-PO-1-125)

Tshering Ongmu Sherpa¹, Basant Giri²

1Nayaa Aayaam Multidisciplinary Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal; ²Center for Analytical Sciences, Kathmandu Institute of Applied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal

Effects of different botanical extracts on post harvest life and quality of mango (Mangifera indica L.) (PO -PO -1 - 228)

Bishnu Pandey¹, Srijana Shrestha¹, Binayak Prakash Mishra², Kalyani Mishra Tripathi¹

1Agriculture and Forestry University, Nepal; ²Nepal Polytechnic Institute

Climate variability impacts on agriculture and adaptation measures practiced in Lelep village, Taplejung Nepal (PO- PO-1-244)

Shubekshya Upadhyay Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Experience on zero waste management initiative in Nepal (PO -PO -1 -247)

Mahesh Nakarmi, Prerana Dangol, Urukshya Dongol, R Dumaru

Health Care Waste Management Program, HECAF Kathmandu, Nepal

The role of civil society in improving waste management in Kathmandu (PO -PO -1 -253)

Neelam Pradhananga, Sneha Bajracharya

Clean up Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

Varietal screening of Okra against Okra Yellow Vein Mosaic Virus under Different Vector Management Practices in IAAS, Paklihawa, Rupandehi, Nepal (PO-PO-1-258)

Krishna Poudel, Anju Chaudary, Nitesh Ghimire, Suspa Ghimire