title: Impacts of emigration on mountain watersheds:  the upper Pokhara Valley, Nepal.
abstract: "Confronted with adverse physical conditions, marginal landholdings and scarce non-farming employment opportunities, farmers in the Upper Pokhara Valley had opted for temporary emigration as an alternative strategy for fulfilling their subsistence requirements.  This had caused somewhat malign effects on watershed due to dwindling farm management practices and increasing dependency on common resources.... Findings of this study are envisaged to be conducive to the formulation of a comprehensive watershed management strategy, including population planning....[It is suggested] that both overpopulation and depopulation could be instrumental in watershed degradation, especially in mountainous areas where labor is a critical factor in the use and management of farmlands."
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D001208:Asia; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004777:Environment; D004787:Environmental Pollution; D009390:Nepal; D011153:Population; D011156:Population Density; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012939:Social Planning; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Agricultural Development; Asia; Carrying Capacity; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Development Planning; Economic Factors; Environment; Environmental Degradation; International Migration; Land Tenure; Migration; Natural Resources; Nepal; Overpopulation; Population; Population Decrease; Population Dynamics; Rural Development; Socioeconomic Factors; Soil Degradation--determinants; Southern Asia