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In undertaking any environmental impact assessment, it is important to predict what is likely to happen without the project as well as with the project. It is commonly asserted that massive soil erosion in Nepal is caused by human activity in catchments, especially deforestation, with downstream effects extending to India and Bangladesh, where heavy sedimentation and flooding occur. The suggestion is that investments in catchments would yield large environmental benefits in Nepal and other countries.
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Byron, N., Griffin, D. (1994). Social Forestry in Nepal: Economic Appraisal of Resource Management. In: The Application of Economic Techniques in Environmental Impact Assessment. Environment & Management, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8384-8_7
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