Hi Marc,
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Originally Posted by NASA
Beginning in the 1980s, the Australian government financed tree planting projects in these districts as well as the development of community forest groups. In many of the community forests, active management allowed trees to grow back naturally in the hills, but tree planting efforts were needed in lower elevation areas that were largely devoid of vegetation.
One community forest (called Devithan or sacred grove in Nepali) lies to the east of Kābhrepalāńchok. Using Landsat data dating back to 1988, the research group found that the Devithan community forest had only 12 percent forest cover in 1988, which grew to 92 percent in 2016.
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That's one really good news story!
Have some extended family members doing the 130km Everest base camp
trek in a couple of months. You start off in the forests at the 2,800 meters
(9,200 feet) point.
One of the most common fuel sources in Nepal is biomass from
cow/buffalo dung. It's heavily polluting and when burnt indoors
causes a range of health problems. Sometimes fungal spores get released
and distributed over villages and towns.
It gets unpleasant at times in these parts of the world in the morning and early
evenings. You come across a lot of elderly people who are continually hacking
and coughing.
Most of the country's electricity comes from hydro and some of the larger
villages have micro-hydro. Electrification is the way forward and better than
continually burning dung and wood.
WHO article. "Combating the Silent Killer in Nepali Homes" :-
https://www.who.int/nepal/news/featu...n-Nepali-Homes
