Scope of Payment for Ecosystem Services Mechanism for ... - icimod
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Mahadev Khola is recharged by community <strong>for</strong>ests <strong>of</strong> Bageswori VDC, Nagarkot VDC,Sudal VDC and part <strong>of</strong> Kavrepalanchok district.The stream has been dammed by weir in Bageshwori VDC <strong>for</strong> Mann Pokhari (pond) thatis used <strong>for</strong> supplying drinking water inside Bhaktapur Municipality. Since many years thewater treatment plant in Bansbari treats water from Mahadev Khola to supply water in thetown. The design capacity is 4,900 m 3 /day, but this plant is not provided with a chemicalfeeding facility. Raw water flows directly into the sedimentation basin without addition <strong>of</strong>coagulant. Especially when the turbidity <strong>of</strong> water is high during the rainy season, thesediments also flows directly into the filter basins. There are 3 filter basins but due to thelack <strong>of</strong> washing equipment, washing to filter materials is manually per<strong>for</strong>med byremoving them from the basins. For disinfection, bleaching powder is added to thereservoir. The residual chlorine was found to be about 0.1ppm in the dry season, but lessthan o.1 ppm in the rainy season (JICA, 1990).3.1.6 GeologyThe shape <strong>of</strong> the watershed is leaf shaped. The district falls in the lesser HimalayaSediments zone that comprises rocks such as quartzite and schist. In general, soil typealong the alignment can be classified as alluvial, colluvial and residual (CCPL, 2010).3.1.7 Community ForestryThe Forest Act 1961 that was first amended in 1978 signaled a major change in <strong>for</strong>estpolicy from government management to community to community ownership. In 1982,the community <strong>for</strong>estry legislation and decentralization act was passed and plans weremade to increase local <strong>for</strong>estry rights. Nepal gained democracy in 1990, and the popularlyelected government acted in 1993 to hand over <strong>for</strong>est management rights to <strong>for</strong>est usergroups (FUGs) (SANDEE, 2004). District <strong>for</strong>est <strong>of</strong>fice <strong>of</strong> Bhaktapur was established in2042 <strong>for</strong> the conservation <strong>of</strong> ecosystem services provided by the <strong>for</strong>est and itsmanagement. This <strong>for</strong>est <strong>of</strong>fice includes 4 range posts,1. Telkot range post2. Nagarkot range post3. Suryabinayak range post4. Dadhikot range postThe watershed lies in Nagarkot Range posts, it contains 19 CF, 2 PF and 4 VDCs.Bageswori, Sudal, Nagarkot, Chitapol and Tathali.19
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