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REGISTRATION FOR CONFERENCE AND POST CONFERENCE VISIT

Wednesday 29 November : 14.00 – 17.00 [Central Hall, Hotel Annapurna ]

Thursday 30 November to Friday 01 December : 08.00 - Onward [Central Hall, Hotel Annapurna]

PROGRAM: DAY 1 (THURSDAY, 30 NOVEMBER, 2017)08.00 Registration Continue

Inaugural Program (09:00 to 11:00)

Kumari Hall [Detail program delivered separately ]

Keynote

Conservation and sustainable harvest of wild plant resources: lessons learned, opportunities, and challengesTamara Ticktin, Professor, Department of Botany, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA

Plenary Session I (11:00-12:00)

Kumari Hall [ Chair: Dr. Swoyambhu Man Amatya ]

11:00-11:30Rethinking the role of forestryLund, Jens F.Professor, University of Copenhagen, Departmentof Food and Resource Economics

11:30-12:00Medicinal and aromatic plants: quantifying Nepal’stop exportSmith-Hall, CarstenProfessor, University of Copenhagen, Departmentof Food and Resource Economics

Technical Session I (12.00-13.30)(10 minutes to each presentation followed by 30 minutes for common discussion; presenters should providetheir presentation to rapporteurs well before session starts)

PG-O 01: Policy and Governance in TimberHarvesting; a Case Study of Collaborative Forestin NepalBhola P Bhattarai, Tek Marasini, Bishnuhari Paudyal,Ram P. Acharya.

PG-O 02: Reclaiming Power in the CommunityForests: A Case from the Scientific ForestryInitiatives in the Hills of NepalBijendra Basnyat, Thorsten Treue, Ridish K Pokharel,Yam B Rumba

CMT-O 04: An Enumeration of Traded Medicinaland Aromatic Plants of NepalDipesh Pyakurel, Suresh K Ghimire, Carsten Smith-Hall

CMT-O 15: At the Margin: Local Traders inTransnational Production Networks for MedicinalPlantsNiels Fold, Dipesh Pyakurel, Mariève Pouliot, B. Fog

Arch HallTheme: Policy and Governance

Chair: Dr. Madhav Karki

Kumari HallTheme: Collection, Marketing and Trade

Chair: Dr. Keshav Kanel

CMT-O 01: Generating a Population List ofMedicinal and Aromatic Plant Processors in NepalArjun Chapagain, Gandhiv Kafle, Abhoy Kumar Das,Mariève Pouliot, Carsten Smith-Hall

CMT-O 06: Who Consumes End Products ContainingKutki in Nepal?Gandhiv Kafle, Mariève Pouliot, Indira Bhattarai(Sharma)

CMT-O 13: Assessment on Market Opportunitiesfor Integrated Pest Management (IPM) GrownProduce in Rupandehi and Nawalparasi DistrictsManisha Burlakoti

CMT-O 18: Trade of Medicinal and Aromatic Plantsfrom Periodic Markets in the Central HimalayanLowlandsSumitra Poudel, Carsten Smith-Hall

PG-O 05: Where Are We Investing for NTFPDevelopment in Nepal?Ganesh Paudel

PG-O 08: Entrepreneurial Practice and Corruptionin Wild Harvest Sector: A Study of EntrepreneurialOrientation and Organizational Corruption inNepalese Herb EnterprisesPrabin Raj Gautam

PG-O 12: Bureaucratic Re-centralization Tacticsand Counter Tactics in Nepal’s Community ForestrySectorThorsten Treue

PG-O 04: Community Forests Management in Nepaland Experiences of Federation of CommunityForestry Users, NepalGanesh B Karki, Abhoy Kumar Das, Arjun Chapagain

Arch HallTheme: Policy and Governance

Chair: Dr. Madhav Karki

Kumari HallTheme: Collection, Marketing and Trade

Chair: Dr. Keshav Kanel

Rapporteurs: Before Lunch all Sessions: Krishna Bhujel (Arch Hall)Rapporteurs: Before Lunch all Sessions: Bandana Awasthi (Kumari Hall)

Lunch (13.30-14.30)

Technical Session II (14.30-16:00)(10 minutes to each presentation followed by 30 minutes for common discussion; presenters should providetheir presentation to rapporteurs well before session starts)

Arch HallTheme: Livelihoods

Chair: Prof. Ridish Pokharel

Kumari HallTheme: Conservation and Sustainable Use

Chair: Prof. Pramod Kumar Jha

CSU-O O3: Community Perception on the Impactsof Invasive Alien Plants in Chitwan-AnnapurnaLandscape, NepalBharat Babu Shrestha, Krishna P Sharma, UttamBabu Shrestha, Resham B Thapaparajuli, AnjanaDevkota, Mohan Siwakoti

CSU-O O5: An Assessment of Biomass and CarbonStock in Tropical Natural Forest of NepalBichit K Singh, Shiv K Manjan

CSU-O O8: Variation in Life History Traits of aThreatened Medicinal Orchid Dactylorhizahatagirea (D. Don) Soó along an EnvironmentalGradient in Nepal HimalayaDeep Jyoti Chapagain, Henrik Meilby, Shanta BudhaMagar, Suresh K Ghimire

L-O 02: Harvesting, Socio-economic Contributionand Conservation of Ophiocordyceps sinensis andother Medicinal Plants in Upper Chameilya Valley,Darchula, NepalBandana Awasthi, Suresh K Ghimire

L-O 10: Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants forLivelihood of Raji Indigenous People in WesternNepalLal B Thapa, Bimala Gharti Magar

L-O 13: Minor and Underutilized Fruit Diversitiesin Nepal: Strategies for Conservation andUtilization for Livelihood Improvement for SmallHolder FarmersMohan B Thapa, Tek P Gotame

Arch HallTheme: Livelihoods

Chair: Prof. Ridish Pokharel

Kumari HallTheme: Conservation and Sustainable Use

Chair: Prof. Pramod Kumar Jha

CSU-O 14: Restoration and Recolonization of NativeThreatened Tree Species in Chittagong UniversityCampus, BangladeshMohammad Kamal Hossain, M. S. Alam , M. AkhterHossain

CSU-O 16: Exploration of Orchid Diversity andConservation Status in Selected Community Forestsof Makawanpur District, Central NepalMukti Ram Paudel, Mukesh Babu Chand, BijayaBahadur Malla, Shreeti Pradhan, Bijaya Pant

CSU-O 23: Diversity of Useful Plant Species alongan Elevation Gradient in Jaljala Mountain Area,Rolpa, Western NepalShanta Budha Magar, Prabin Bhandari, Suresh KGhimire

L-O 14: Do the Methods Matter? Comparing Intra-household versus Household Level Approach toQuantifying Income in NepalSadikshya Bhattarai

L-O 15: Use of Wild Food Products and itsImportance in Livelihood (A Case Study ofProtected Areas of Nepal)Sajani Shrestha

L-O 17: Traditional Knowledge of TamangCommunity on Plant Resources for Improving theirLivelihood in Kavrepalanchowk and DhadingDistrictsSrijana Shah, Dipak Lamichhane

Lunch (13.30-14.30)

Technical Session III (16.15-17.45)(10 minutes to each presentation followed by 30 minutes for common discussion; presenters should providetheir presentation to rapporteurs well before session starts)

Arch HallTheme: Conservation and Sustainable Use

Chair: Prof. Mohan Siwakoti

Kumari HallTheme: Collection, Marketing and Trade

Chair: Prof. Niels Fold

CMT-O 09: Spatial and Seasonal Patterns inExtraction of Environmental ProductsHenrik Meilby, Santosh Rayamajhi, Gokul Gaudel

CMT-O 10: Collection and Utilization of Non-TimberForest Products (NTFPs) from the High Hills ofNepalKeshab Baral, Bir B Khanal Chhetri, Nirmala SinghBhandari

CMT-O 08: Crossing the Roofs of the World: TheNepal-China Trade in Commercial Medicinal PlantsHe Jun, Bin Yang, Min Dong, Yushang Wang, CarstenSmith-Hall

CMT-O 12: The Marketing Scenario of MajorMedicinal and Aromatic Plants in Tinejure MilkeJaljale Protection Forest in Nepal Krishna B Bhujel, Devi Chandra Pokharel

CSU-O 18: Effects of Habitat Heterogeneity andAnthropogenic Disturbance on Population Densityand Fitness-Related Traits of Nardostachysgrandiflora in Langtang National Park, NepalNarayan P Pokhrel, Suresh K Ghimire

SU-O 20: Growth and Dynamics of Abies spectabiliswith Climate Change at Treeline Ecotone inWestern Nepal HimalayasPrakash Basnet, Narayan P Gaire

CSU-O 21: Vegetation Cover Change and AssociatedFactors in the Mid-hill region of NepalRajan Subedi , Bijendra Basnyat

CSU-O 25: Interaction between Tree Phenology,Microclimate and Meteorological Variability in aMixed Deciduous ForestSmita Das

Arch HallTheme: Conservation and Sustainable Use

Chair: Prof. Mohan Siwakoti

Kumari HallTheme: Collection, Marketing and Trade

Chair: Prof. Niels Fold

CMT-P 17: Non-Timber Forest Products: Collectionand Trade Scenario in Makawanpur District, CentralNepalShreehari Bhattarai, Rajesh Tamang, KamanaParajuli

CSU-O 29: Status and Response of Lagerstroemiaindica to Air Pollution in Kathmandu ValleySushila Devi Shrestha, Anjana Devkota, Pramod KJha, Bharat Babu Shrestha

CSU-O 32: Dynamics of Species Diversity and TreeVolume in Tree Outside Forest, NepalYogendra Yadav

Rapporteurs: Post Lunch all Sessions: Bikram Manadhar (Arch Hall)Rapporteurs: Post Lunch all Sessions: Mahendra Singh Thapa (Kumari Hall)

Video Show

18.05 to 18.20:Wild harvesting and mitigation action for ClimateChange through traditional practicesMs. Vibha SahuChhatishgadh Medicinal Plants Board, India.

17.50 to 18.05:MushroomsProf. Dr. Jianchu XuPrinciple scientist, World Agroforestry Centre,Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy ofSciences, China.

Dinner (18.30 onwards)

Kumari Hall

(10 minutes to each presentation followed by 25 minutes for common discussion; presenters should providetheir presentation to rapporteurs well before session starts)

Technical Session IV (9.30-11:00)

Arch HallTheme: Livelihoods

Chair: Dr. Mariève Pouliot

Kumari HallTheme: Conservation and Sustainable Use

Chair: Dr. Suresh K Ghimire

CSU-O O4: Facilitators’ Role on Sustainable ForestManagement: Experiences of COFSUN, NepalBhola Khatiwada, Aman Dangaura

CSU-O O7: Consequence of Forest Decade Programon Private Forest Registration and TimberHarvesting from Private Land: Case Study fromDang and Banke DistrictBishnu Prasad Gyawali

CSU-O 13: Effectiveness of Tree Plantation Programin Chure and Tarai Region of NepalKeshav Raj Acharya

CSU-O 15: Exploring Community Based NaturalWaterhole Conservation Initiatives in LamjungDistrict, NepalMahendra Sing Thapa, Bir B Khanal Chhetri

CSU-O 31: Sacred Forest Vajrabarahi, Nepal andthe Attitude of Local People Towards Conservation:an AnalysisUdit Bhatta, Chitra B Baniya

L-O 03: Solar-powered Fence for Mitigating HumanElephant Conflict and Contributing LocalLivelihoods in Jhapa District, NepalBijaya Neupane

L-O 04: Adaptation and Recovery after the 2015Nepal Earthquakes: a Smallholder HouseholdPerspectiveBikash Adhikari

L-O 05: Assessment of Post-Earthquake WaterPoverty Index: A Case Study of Thulosirubari VDC,SindhupalchowkBikram Manandhar, Kamal Gyawali

L-O 06: Contribution of Agroforestry on the RuralLivelihoods in NepalDeepa Paudel, Krishna Raj Tiwari, Nani Raut, Bishal K Sitaula

L-O 17: Investment and Benefits Associated withCommunity Based Forest Enterprises in NepalSanjeev Raj Dhakal, Anuja Raj Sharma, GaneshPaudel

Tea/ Coffee (11:00-11:15)

Video Show

PROGRAM: DAY 2 (FRIDAY, 1 DECEMBER, 2017)8.00-8.30 Tea/Coffee

Plenary Session II (8:30- 9:30)

9:00-9:30Managing Mushrooms for Mountain FuturesProf. Jianchu XuPrinciple scientist, World Agroforestry CentreProfessor, Kunming Institute of Botany, ChineseAcademy of Sciences, China

8:30-9:00Promoting Entrepreneurship (Livelihood) andHuman Welfare with Focus on the HimalayanRegionDr. SavitaDirector & VC, Forest Research Institute andUniversity, Dehradun, India

Kumari HallChair: Prof. Jens F Lund

(10 minutes to each presentation followed by 30 minutes for common discussion; presenters should providetheir presentation to rapporteurs well before session starts)

Technical Session V (11.15-12.45)

Arch HallTheme: Policy and Governance

Chair: Dr. Biswa Nath Oli

Kumari HallTheme: Conservation and Sustainable Use

Chair: Prof. Ram Prasad Chaudhary

CSU-O 11: PPBio Nepal: Long-Term EcologicalResearch and Biodiversity MonitoringJean-Marc Hero

CSU-O 17: Effects of Environmental Factors alonga Harvest Gradient on Density and Biomass of aClonal Medicinal Herb, Neopicrorhizascrophulariiflora in Alpine Himalaya, NepalMukti Ram Poudeyal, Henrik Meilby, Suresh KGhimire

CSU-O 22: Traditional Natural RegenerationProtocol of Sal (Shorea robusta) with SpecialReference to Changing Climate in India Affectingits Distribution and Germination PatternS.C. Agrawal, Y. K. Choudhary, Vibha Sahu

CSU-O 26: Status, Distribution and Potentiality ofNon-Timber Forest Products of Taplejung District,Eastern NepalSomeshwar K Das, Madhav Prasad Dev

CSU-O 28: Integrating Amchis’ TraditionalKnowledge and Practices for Medicinal Substitutesand Conservation of Threatened Species in theHimalayaSuresh K Ghimire, Gyatso Bista, Wangchuk Lama,Tenzin Dhargye, Namgyal Lama, Tsewang Norbu

CSU-O 30: Ongoing Practices and Issues inMainstreaming Biodiversity and EcosystemServices in Community ForestryThakur Bhandari, Arjun Chapagain

PG-O3: Can Community Benefit from the ForestCarbon Trade?Bishnu Hari Wagle, Bijendra Basnyat, DeepakGautam

PG-O 06: Family Forestry in Nepal: SustainableManagement of the Private ForestJograj Giri, Barsha Parajuli

PG-O 07: Public Perceptions about their Role inForest Management and Sustainability ofCommunity Forestry in Midhill of Far-West NepalKeshab Raj Pant

PG-O 09: Positive Discrimination in ParticipatoryForest Management: a Case Study fromCommunity Forest of Lamjung District, NepalShreekanta S Khatiwada, Yajna Prasad Timilsina,Sheskanta Bhandari

PG-O 10: Inventory Based Management Plans inNepal's Community Forests: Contributions toEnvironmental OutcomesSrijana Baral, Henrik Meilby

PG-O 11: Analysis of Making Decision on RevenueCollection and Benefit Distribution in CollaborativeForest: Evidences from Nepal’s TaraiSurya Binod Pokharel, Bir Bahadur Khanal Chhetri,Ridish Kumar Pokharel

Rapporteurs: Before Lunch all Sessions: Amar Singh Dhami (Arch Hall)Rapporteurs: Before Lunch all Sessions: Bishnu Acharya (Kumari Hall)

Lunch (12.45-13:45)

(Posters must be displayed during the lunch break, and presenters are expected to be available with theirpresentation)

Poster Session (13:45-14:20)

Kumari Hall

CSU P8: Soil Carbon, Nitrogen and TextureDynamics at Root Zone and between Plants inRiverine Plantation of Acacia catechu, Dalbergiasissoo, Pyllanthus emblica and EucalyptuscamaldulensisRam Asheshwar Mandal, Ishwar Chandra Dutta,Pramod K Jha

CSU P9: Population Dynamics of Uraria picta andAndrographis paniculata in the Buffer Region ofTadoba-Andheri Tiger ReserveSanjay Singh, P.K. Khatri, Siddarth Sonker

CSU P10: Quality Assessment of Churia Sal (Shorearobusta) Forest with Emphasis on TimberProductionShristi Pudasaini, Keshav Raj Acharya

CSU P 11: Diversity of Medicinal Plants in theConservation Areas of Chhattisgarh and Strategiesfor their ConservationSanjay Singh, P.K. Khatri, Adarsh Verma

CSU P12: Nutritional Value of Some Wild EdibleMacrofungi from Bhimsen Rural Municipality(Dhawa), Gorkha District, Central NepalUttam Osti, Sanjy K Jha

L-P 01: Status of Invasive Alien Plant Species inCommunity Managed Forests: a case of Sundariand Dhuseri Community Forests of NawalparasiDistrict, Central NepalLaxmi Khaniya, Bharat Babu Shrestha

L-P 02: Forest Seeds – a Bonus for Livelihood ofForest-Dependent CommunitiesManisha Thapliya

L-P 03: Improvement in Livelihood of IndigenousPeople through Collection and Marketing of WildVegetables in Chitwan and PeripheryPramisha Thapaliya, Shreya Thapaliya, AshishGhimire, Sangam Panta, Surya Mani Dhungana

L-P 04: Indigenous Knowledge of Beekeeping withApis cerana in Gorkha District, NepalRameshwor Pudasaini, Bigya Dhital

CMT-P 01: Harvesting Use and Value ChangeDynamics of Yarsagumba in NepalAchyut Gyawali, Prabin Bhusal

CMT- 02: Patterns of Change: The Dynamics ofMedicinal Plant Trade in the Central HimalayasDipesh Pyakurel, Carsten Smith-Hall

CMT-P 03: Untapped Potentiality of NTFP in Nepal:A Case Study from Three Districts of DhaulagiriGanesh Paudel, Reeti Acharya

CMT-P 04: Kutki in Consumer Products in Nepal -A Market and Industry SurveyGandhiv Kafle, Indira Bhattarai (Sharma), MarièvePouliot, Mohan Siwakoti, Arjun K Shrestha

CSU P1: Population Regeneration Status and usePotential of Daphne bholua along the ElevationGradient in Madane Protected Forest Gulmi,Western NepalBikram Jnawali, Ajay Nyaupane, Suresh K Ghimire

CSU P2: Status of Mushroom Cultivation and WildMushroom Poisoning in Chitwan, NepalDikshit Poudel , Krishna Kaphle, Sundar ManShrestha

CSU P3: Conceptual Framework on Enhanced LocalAdaptation Plan for Action (LAPA) preparationEngila Mishra Maharjan, Pashupati Nath Koirala

CSU P4: Analysis of Present Status of CertifiedCommunity Forests in Dolakha District: an EyeOpening ExplorationMilan Panthi, Arun Sharma Poudyal

CSU P5: Unleash the Potentials and Challenges ofScientific Forest Management in Community Forestin Nawalparasi District, NepalNishant Modak, Arun Sharma Poudyal

CSU P6: Sub-Watershed Level Climate ResilientAgroforestry Practices for SmallholdersPashupati Nath Koirala, Shila Gyawali

CSU P7: Karyotypic Analysis of four Species ofGenus Blumea (Asteraceae) from NepalPushpa Karna (Mallick)

(10 minutes to each presentation followed by 20 minutes for common discussion; presenters should providetheir presentation to rapporteurs well before session starts)

Technical Session VI (14:20-15:20)

Arch hallTheme: Livelihoods

Chair: Prof. Krishna Tiwari

Kumari HallTheme: Collection, Marketing and Trade

Chair: Prof. Henerik Meilby

CMT-O 05: Annual Financial Loss from theCommunity Forest in Nepal: a Case Study fromWestern Hilly District of NepalGajendra Shrestha, Bishnu Hari Wagle, BijendraBasnyat

CMT-O 02: Recognizing Indigenous Traders Serviceson MAPs in NepalBijaya Raj Paudyal

CMT-O 07: Harvest and Trade of CaterpillarMushroom and its Implication for SustainableManagement in Tibet Region of Southwest ChinaHe Jun

CMT-O 16: Wild Collection of Lemon Grass forEssential Oil Production in Eastern Nepal andExport to the EURoger W. Cozens

L-O 07: Growth Performance of DomesticatedSwertia chirayita and its Contribution in RuralIncome in Langtang National Park, Rasuwa NepalDinesh Ghale, Ram Asheshwar Mandal, I. C. Dutta

L-O 08: Trend of Climatic Variables and Impactson Yield of Finger Millet in Chitwan-AnnapurnaLandscape, NepalDol Raj Luitel, Mohan Siwakoti, Pramod K Jha, AjayK Jha, Ram Asheshwar Mandal, Nir Krakauer

L-O 09 Biomass Production of Medicinal Plants ina Tree Intercropping System for LivelihoodJaya Narayan Yadava, I.C Dutta, B.K. Poudyal

L-O 11: Isolation of Bioactive Chemical Compoundsfrom Wild Harvested High Altitude Anisodus luridusPlants and their Local Uses in NepalLalit Kumar Das, I.C. Dutta

Tea/Coffee (15:20-15.35)

Special Talk (15.35 to 16. 00)

Conservation and Bioprospecting of Unexplored Medicinal and Aromatic plantsDr. Rajasekaran ChandrasekaranDepartment of Biotechnology, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore – 632 014,Tamilnadu, India.

Kumari HallChair: Dr. Mohammad Kamal Hossain

Kumari Hall

L-P 05: Effect of Organic Nutrient Management onGrowth, Yield of Beetroot (Beta vulgaris) and itsResidual Effect on SoilSamikshya Pyakurel, Bishnu Prasad Bhattarai,Binayak Prasad Rajbhandari

L-P 06: Economics and Performance of Sinhal Goatin Farmers Managed Condition of Mid Hills Regionof NepalUddhav Paneru, Shivahari Ghimire, Rabin Rahut

(10 minutes to each presentation followed by 30 minutes for common discussion; presenters should providetheir presentation to rapporteurs well before session starts)

Technical Session VII (16.00--17.30)

Kumari HallTheme: Conservation and Sustainable Use

Chair: Prof. Bir Bahadur Khanal Chhetri

CSU-O 12: Quantification of Bioactive MarkerCompounds in the Accessions of Picrorhiza kurrooaGrown in NepalJit Narayan Sah, V. K. Varshney, I. C. Dutta

CSU-O 24: Development of Above Ground BiomassEstimation Model of Shorea robusta at JuvenileStageShes Kanta Bhandari, Bir B Khanal Chhetri

CSU-O 27: Isolation and Identification of EndophyticFungi from Medicinally Important Dendrobiummoniliforme to Study their Plant Growth PromotingActivity Production of Secondary MetabolitesSujit Shah, Bijaya Pant

CSU-O O1: People’s Awareness and Practice ofForest Certification in Community Forestry (a CaseStudy from Bajhang District)Amar Dhami

CSU-O O9: Estimating Ecosystem Services UsingGeospatial Approach at Landscape LevelHim Lal Shrestha

CSU-O 10: Some Wild Mushrooms of UdayapurDistrict, East NepalHari Prsad Aryal

Rapporteurs: After Lunch all Sessions: Smita Das (Arch Hall)Rapporteurs: After Lunch all Sessions: Shreehari Bhattarai (Kumari Hall)

PROGRAM: DAY 3 (SATURDAY 2 DECEMBER, 2017)(Only for Post Conference tour registered participants)

8.15 Participants meet at Annapurna Hotel

8.30-16.30 Post conference tour to Chandragiri Hill and adjoining Community Forest

16.30 Participants return back