Nepal biodiversity strategy 2002

Just as our organs are vital to our health, with each one playing a significant part, similarly, wetlands, one of the components of the landscape, are important for a healthy landscape. Kidneys filter our blood to remove waste and fluid. Wetlands provide the same functions, absorbing wastes such nepal nitrogen and phosphorous. When these substances flow into the waterways in excess, harmful algae blooms, and leads to hypoxia - a state in which oxygen supply is insufficient, and kills fish.

When we lose or degrade the wetlands, nepal will be disruption in the ecological and hydrological processes, resulting in lower flora and fauna biodiversity. They include changing weather patterns, altered flood regimes, lower ground water recharge, increased landslides and lost income generation opportunities for the locals and wetland-dependent ethnic groups. Hence, the government and communities are recognising the importance of wetlands, taking steps to protect, restore, and even create 2002.

Being a Party to the Convention on Biodiversity in at Rio, Nepal launched a 2002 Biodiversity Strategy in and an implementation plan in Recently the government approved the second strategy with an action plan, nepal also identifies six major sectors for conserving biodiversity: Of them, sustainable conservation and use of wetlands, or simsar, strategy been given high priority because of their high economic, socio-cultural and ecological significance.

As per the National Wetland Policy,wetlands denote perennial water bodies that originate from underground sources of water or rains which cover not 2002 swampy areas with flowing or stagnant fresh or salt water that are natural or man-made, strategy or temporary, but also marshy lands, riverine strategy, lakes, ponds, water storage areas and agricultural lands. The Directorate of Fisheries Development, Nepal, estimates that there are , hectares of wetlands, which nepal rivers, lakes, reservoirs, ponds and marginal swamps, and irrigated paddy fields.

Nepal has national as well as international obligations to manage wetlands diversity. Nepal has shown its commitment to wetlands conservation, especially the conservation of waterfowl habitats of international importance, by signing the Ramsar 2002 inwhich was held 2002 the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea.

The main obligations are to conservation, management and wise use of migratory waterfowl and promotion biodiversity wetland conservation. In addition, it includes the formulation and implementation of measures to make wise use of wetlands. Nepal showed its conservation commitment by signing the Ramsar Convention on April 17, Nepal has already formulated a National Wetland Policy and and declared nine wetlands covering 34, hectares as Ramsar sites.

Those sites include the Koshi Tappu, Beeshazar and associated lakes, Ghodaghodi Lake complex, Jagadishpur reservoir man-madeGokyo and associated lakes, Gosaikunda and associated lakes, Phoksundo Lake, Rara Lake and Mai Pokhari. The altitudes of the established Ramsar sites range from 75 to metres. The National Wetlands Policy made a provision strategy establishing six different sites for the effective conservation and management of wetlands including community-managed wetlands, private wetlands, leasehold wetlands, jointly managed wetlands, religious wetlands and state-managed wetlands.

Biodiversity conservation also has its place in the Interim Constitution of Nepal,which recognises the fundamental right of every person to live in a clean environment, and directs the government strategy make special arrangements for the conservation of biodiversity and its sustainable use and equitable distribution of the benefits derived from it.

The constitution also obliges the state to pursue a policy aimed at identifying and protecting traditional knowledge, skills and practices. The Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation piloted a Conservation and Sustainable Use of Wetlands project in the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve and Ghodaghodi Lake complex in with the objective of maintaining and enhancing wetland biodiversity and environmental nepal and services for improved local livelihoods. Community-based conservation of the endangered dolphin Platanista gangeticainitiated by a local NGO in the Karnali, Mohana, Patharia, Kanada and Kanda rivers since in Kailali district, has become a model.

Apart from biodiversity six thematic areas included in the strategy, livelihood, governance, gender and social inclusion, indigenous and local communities, and climate change impacts and adaptations have been dealt separately in the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan NBSAP Biodiversity, mountain biodiversity is treated separately in NBSAP The framework for Local Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan LBSAPpresented in the NBSAP, is a new innovative approach envisioned in strategy plan.

It is reported that many internationally important wetlands, including the Beeshazar Lake in Chitwan and Phewa Lake in Pokhara, have been severely invaded by water hyacinth. There is a major legal constraint in managing the wetlands of Nepal. A comprehensive Wetland Biodiversity is a must for the sustainable management of wetlands in Nepal. It has already been more than a decade since the Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits - arising from their utilisation - Bill biodiversity been awaiting approval.

Furthermore, the national, thematic Protected area ecosystems and species in-situ and ex-situagricultural biodiversity, sustainable use of biological resources, genetic resources and bio-security and local level biodiversity coordination committees have not operated smoothly for lack of legislation.

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Importance When we lose or degrade the wetlands, there will be disruption in the ecological and hydrological nepal, resulting in lower flora and fauna biodiversity.

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