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 - Gurung peasant women returning to their village, their baskets laden with leaves and grasses. This animal fodder has been gathered from indiscriminately stripped forests in the foothills...

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...

NEPALNepal, 1981 - Women carrying heavy loads of fuelwood for cooking. They have walked for several hours in search of branches and twigs from denuded forests in the Himalayan foothills. Lead caption:&...

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...

ThailandLocal farm workers are using a long hosepipe to water crops on one of the UNDP-FAO assisted project's newly well-managed farm sites. - - Reforestation Project in Khao Khor. Khao Khor is the scene of t...

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...

NepalPortrait of a Gurung peasant girl of the Himalayan foothills. . - - Fighting Deforestation. One of the wor1d's most dramatic erosion and deforestation situations is in Nepa1 where forests, up to heigh...

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...