NEPALNepal, 1981 - Two leaders of a village women's group in the Gurung District discuss the practical details of a forest tree nursery project, through which the villagers will grow their own animal fodde...

NEPALNepal, 1981 - Forest extension agent explains to women village leaders the advantages of growing hardy Setaria grass as a fodder crop. This provides an alternative source of feed to that of tree leave...

NEPALNepal, 1981 - A young Gurung peasant woman feeds tree leaves to her buffalo which has an average daily requirement of 40 kgs of fodder. The gathering of leaves from natural forests is leading to defor...

Thailand, 1979 - After the harvest the rice plants are uprooted and tied into sheaves. This field will then be abandoned and more forest land cleared for new fields. Lead caption: The great forest...

NEPALNepal, 1981 - Gurung peasant woman preparing family meal. Every day she has to walk and climb further to obtain the fuelwood needed for cooking and fodder for animals. Overexploitation of vegetation h...

NepalWild mountain wheat in the Himalayas. - - General: General. One of the world's most dramatic erosion and deforestation situations is in Nepal where forests, up to heights of 2 000 m have totally disap...

NepalAn old Gurung peasant farmer tends a newly planted pine tree as part of a village community forestry project. - - General: General. One of the world's most dramatic erosion and deforestation situation...

NepalFarmers planting young pine trees as part of a community forestry development project in the Himalayan foothills. - - General: General. One of the world's most dramatic erosion and deforestation situa...

NepalBuffaloes used to till rice fields in the plains need 40 kg of fodder per day. The search for animal feed (traditionally young tree leaves) is denuding the hillsides of the natural tree cover. - - Gen...

ChinaChildren inside a department store at Puqi in Huber Province. - - Agri-Forestry and Soil Conservation.

ThailandTrees destroyed for hillside rice cultivation. Rice is grown for 2-3 years on steep slopes, until the soil is exhausted and then the fields are abandoned and more forest land is cleared for new fields...

ThailandBuffaloes and traditional ploughs are used in rice cultivation on improved fields as part of the project. - - Integrated Watershed Management and Forest Land Use Project. People desperately in need of...

ThailandBuffaloes and traditional ploughs are used in rice cultivation on improved fields as part of the project. - - Integrated Watershed Management and Forest Land Use Project. People desperately in need of...

ThailandForest nursery in the Mai Sa project area to provide seedlings for reforestation of bare and eroded land. - - Integrated Watershed Management and Forest Land Use Project. People desperately in need of...