Pokhara valley consists of nine sub-tropical lakes, with high diversity of flora and fauna. These lakes are used for irrigation, drinking water, fishery and eco-tourism purpose. But the water quality of these lakes is degrading gradually by the intense human activities and their impacts. These lakes are plagued with multiple problems: sedimentation, eutrophication, pollution, encroachment and fish poisoning. The upstream catchments of these lakes have many degraded areas, which serve as sources of sediments in the water body. Wetland Friends of Nepal (WFN) has started healthy wetlands healthy people project since February 2008 to deal with these issues in its capacity.
{"title":"Healthy Wetlands, Healthy People: Educating and Mobilizing Youths for Reducing Water Pollution and Sedimentation in Lakes of Pokhara Valley, Nepal","authors":"M. R. Kafle","doi":"10.3126/jowe.v1i1.1572","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/jowe.v1i1.1572","url":null,"abstract":"Pokhara valley consists of nine sub-tropical lakes, with high diversity of flora and fauna. These lakes are used for irrigation, drinking water, fishery and eco-tourism purpose. But the water quality of these lakes is degrading gradually by the intense human activities and their impacts. These lakes are plagued with multiple problems: sedimentation, eutrophication, pollution, encroachment and fish poisoning. The upstream catchments of these lakes have many degraded areas, which serve as sources of sediments in the water body. Wetland Friends of Nepal (WFN) has started healthy wetlands healthy people project since February 2008 to deal with these issues in its capacity.","PeriodicalId":432880,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Wetlands Ecology","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125354894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gandhiv Kafle, M. Cotton, Jhalak R Chaudhary, Hari Pariyar, H. Adhikari, Som Bohora, Umesh K Chaudhary, A. Ram, B. Regmi
Rupa Lake is the third biggest lake of Pokhara valley. It supports a number of floral and faunal species. A total of 36 species of waterbirds have been recorded in the lake which represents about 19 percent of the total 193 wetland-dependent birds found in Nepal. The lake is under pressure from diverse anthropogenic factors. Waterbirds of Rupa Lake face a number of threats including trapping/hunting, fish farming using nets, habitat destruction by soil erosion, sedimentation and agricultural conversion, human disturbance, water pollution and eutrophication. This article provides an overview of waterbirds and threats to them in Rupa Lake Area. Key words: Rupa Lake, waterbirds, threats DOI: 10.3126/jowe.v1i1.1569 Journal of Wetlands Ecology Vol.1(1/2) 2008, p.9-12
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