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Volume 2, Issue 2 (6-2014)
Abstract
The water remains at the centre of livelihood from the beginning of human civilization. Civilization enriched mostly on the fertile plains and river valleys. With times, people began migrating to highland slopes where there was easy access to water to use. Two villages in Mustang region of Nepal were considered for research to drill the causes of conflicts on water sources right and water shares. People’s perception, traditional practices and field evidences from those two villages were collected and analyzed. There were no any conflicts over water rights between two villages over long period in the past (until 200 to 300 years before). When the natural hydrological process derailed, people felt effects in decreasing in agro products and pasture due to scarce waters. Worsening livelihoods reflected to conflicts over water in the area. Communities were not only demanding greater portion of water share but also were claiming exclusive right over sources. The inherent cause of conflict were climate change which appeared through dyeing springs and changing nature of hydrological cycles.
Madan Subedi, Dhaneesh Bhaskar,
Volume 9, Issue 3 (9-2023)
Abstract
We present a list of grasshoppers of two families from Ghyalchok, Gorkha district with four new species records for Nepal. The checklist of species is given to provide basic information on the grasshopper diversity of that region. With detailed information of all species recorded and plates with photos from different angles of each species, the present work shall contribute towards a better understanding of grasshoppers of Nepal's Ghyalchok, Gorkha region. This study contributes to future revisionary works on grasshopper diversity and distribution in Nepal. We surveyed 13 different localities of Ghyalchok for three years from 2019–2022, following visual count, while the specimens were collected by using a sweep net or by handpicking where feasible. We recorded 29 species of grasshoppers, of which 26 species belong to Acrididae and 3 species to Pyrgomorphidae. Four grasshopper species, Phlaeoba antennata antennata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893; Bibracte burmana burmana Ramme, 1941; Caryanda cachara (Kirby, 1914) and Gonista bicolor (Haan, 1942) are recorded for the first time from Nepal.
Urmila Dyola, Anjeela Pandey, Taslima Sheikh, Pradip Subedi, Muhammad Asghar Hassan,
Volume 10, Issue 3 (9-2024)
Abstract
An updated checklist of the hoverflies including distribution and seasonal occurence data of known species in Nepal is presented. The list is based on all available published literature on taxonomy, biodiversity, ecology, and biological aspects of the syrphid fauna of Nepal up to 2023. A total of 205 species from three subfamilies and 63 genera are known to occur in Nepal. Among the three subfamilies, Eristalinae shares maximum species (111 species, 54%), followed by Syrphinae (90 species, 44%), and Microdontinae (four species, 2%). is presented. Among these, 48 (23%) species are recorded in Nepal only. The distribution of known hoverfly species in the country is not uniform, with the Bagmati (82 species) and Koshi (75 species) provinces having the greatest number of species, while the Madhesh (four species) and Lumbini (one species) provinces having the lowest records. The highest number of species are recorded in May (51 species), followed by July (50 species) and June (48 species). Winter season records are relatively low, and distribution data are still incomplete for some sites. Based on the present review, comprehensive and systematic sampling across the entire country is necessary for further exploration of Nepal's hoverfly fauna.
