From Root to Canopy: Building a Forest for Tomorrow

Rabin Neupane

Background

Education

• School: Vs Niketan Secondary school
• Grade: 12 Faculty: Management(CS)

Location

• Hometown : Paiyun ,01 , Parbat
• Current location : Dillibazar, Kathmandu

Hobbies & `interest

• Playing flute
• Traveling at natural site
• Participate at social work
• Meditation

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Why Aakar ?

• Very interested to working for social issue
• Like to be part of social change
• Development of personal skills( leadership, Communication,

problem solving)

Rabin Neupane

• Due to Environment Degradation (Soil Erosion), the cultivating land was very affected
• Directly affects at agriculture and discourages farmers towards agriculture
• Contribution to control the problem of climate change in some extent

Baseline Data

• In Nepal, 45.5% of land suffers from soil erosion.
• Around ten millions hectares of forest is deforested every year globally.
• From 2001 to 2022, Nepal lost 53.4 kha of tree cover.

From my conversations with the community:

• Every year , approximately 2.25 hectares agricultural land is affected by soil erosion at Duda, Parbat
• Farmers get a the loss of $1000 every year (compare to annual per capita income of $1.3k)

Approach

Plantation for Community Enhancement

• Plantation on the barren land by involvement of local people.
• Create awareness about plantation and encourage afforestation.
• Maximum of the participants were youths so that it brings positive impact at long run.
• Why this approach:
• Involves the community to act on this issue
• Benefit to the environment + decreasing soil erosion: alternative: building walls

Challenges

Transportation

Approaching

Plantation activity

• Travelling at new place by taking leave from college
• Transportation of Saplings
• Storing of sapling

Navigate:

Coordinating with the bus staff and local community

• Approaching local people
• Approaching to Officer for Saplings and Documentation
• Overcame the Negative feedback

Navigate: Coordinating with the stakeholders and made them understand about project.

• Difficult climate
• Preparing site
• Difficult to manage tools needed
• Unpunctuality of Local people

Nevigate : Taking help of local people and little trick

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Project Timeline

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Plantation part of awareness

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• Total saplings planted in “Taklak, Parbat” - 180 planted; 12 planted by Child club “ Yakata Bal Club” in the presence of 25 children
• In plantation at “Duda Parbat”, 35 local people involved; 43% female participant
• Range of age diversity: 15 under the age of 16, 14 less than 50 years and rest 6 50-80 years

Impact 1: Successful Plantation of Saplings in “Duda”

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• Plantation of saplings at the involvement of local people of that place.
• Reduce the cattle Grazing at such places
• Conservative mindset towards trees
• Aware about the reason of soil erosion and it’s measures

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Impact 2: Successful Plantation of Saplings in “Taklak”

• Planted trees by the children of under grade 12
• The small effort at Child Club creates high impact at children ( Two child of the club Diwash and Dipsan Planted Eight trees themselves before the plantation done by club)
• Create the habit of initiative of plantation
• Capable to aware other about the importance of trees
• Encouraged community involvement at an early age

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Impact 3- Enrich the level of Awareness and ownership

• Involving local people at afforestation create awareness among people
• The child involvement help to make them practical rather than reading at books
• Change the mindset of people from destruction to construction of tree

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Impact 4: Community Engagement

• Sustained knowledge
• Self inspiration
• Feeling of ownership
• Unity among people

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Some Glimpse Of Event

“ Are you studying forest related subject and is that your practical work ? Otherwise you will not do that.”

Testimonial

Glimpse

“Thank you, Rabin you are doing good job. keep it up!! We are very happy to support you.”

Testimonial

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What I learned?

• Working strategies of such project
• Communication skills (Approaching Technique)
• Mindset of local people
• Leadership skill
• Problem solving and Decision making Skills
• Network Building

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If I had more time, I would

• Seek the other needy area which need plantation and conduct plantation program
• Conduct session at school and colleges
• Involve more people at that project
• Create a Environment conservation club at village
• Involve the government directly at afforestation

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Thank You!