As population expands, demands for resources such as food, water, timber, fuel etc. increases posing high pressure on the landscape. NFI was carried out in early nineties in Nepal. Since then, forests data haven't been updated yet at national level & early nineties data do not represent present situation & growing demands of national/international data needs. The main aims of this study were to analyze the trend of forest cover change, relationship between forest cover/land use change and population dynamics and predict its future scenario in the GCA, Nepal using GIS & RS from Landsat...
As population expands, demands for resources such as food, water, timber, fuel etc. increases posing high pressure on the landscape. NFI was carried o...