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Nepal [1.b] Ecological and water footprint by Birendra jha principal of Ramsakhi mohit singh janata secondry school Balara
EnvironmentThe ecological footprint measures human demand on nature. It is measure of human impact on earth eco system. Nepal is listed as a poor country in the world where great Mount Everest is situated. Nepal is a richest country in water resources.
The part of the footprint calculator that most surprised me that everyone lived like me. Our sites tell me that my ecological footprint is 1.01 (hectars per person) according to 2012. Although i live in a village area which is nearly 200 km from Kathmandu capital city of Nepal. While calculating my footprint,the first thing i thought to reduce is consumption of meat . I am able to do the job by increasing consumption of plants like vegetable.
How can an individual make a difference ? I believe that a person can change or he, she determined. By using facebook and twitter a person can post their action. When a person post there action that improve climate change. Gradually change will come.................
WATER FOOTPRINT---Nepal has 9600 m3 per capita water availability and 0.07 a ratio of withdrawl to long term average annual runoff,indicating good status of water availability. But the country,s actual water withdrawl ratio is very low and its share by domestic activity is about three percent. Although it is a richest country in water resources but its water footprint is below the average.
| 1) total annual renewable water resources (km3/year) 224 | |
| 2) per capita renewable resources (000m3/year) 9.6 | |
| 3.) Total annual withdrawl (km3/year) 18.5 | |
| 4) Per capita annual withdrawl (000 m3/4) 0.8 | |
| 5) With drawl (percent) 5.1 domestic 3.6 | |
| 5.2 industry 0. |
| 5.3 agriculture 36.1 |
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Hi Birendra!
Thanks for your entry to section 1b.
I find it extremely interesting that Nepal is a poor country with rich water resources. I can definitely understand why. The Himalaya is a massive and amazing mountain range that includes the world's tallest mountain, Everest. As such, it must also include a large number of icefields and glaciers, as well as a decent annual snow pack, both of which must be the main water supply for Nepal. I just looked at a map of Nepal, because the mountains are on your northern border with Tibet, you're the first country that gets the water from anything that flows south. Have any of the rivers that flow south from the Himalaya been redirected to certain places? Or are they all still in their natural state? I ask because the United States has an interesting problem with the Colorado River. It gets redirected and sectioned off so much that it no longer reaches the ocean. And Mexico, through which the Colorado should technically flow, no longer gets any water from the river because it's all taken by the United States before it reaches the border. Do you have any similar problems in Nepal with your water sources or rivers?
I found it interesting that you said you could improve your ecological footprint by consuming less nuts. But aren't nuts from trees or plants, like fruits and vegetables? How would reducing your consumption of nuts help your ecological footprint, but increasing your consumption of vegetables also help your ecological footprint?
Thanks again, I look forward to reading your next entry!
Alicia, University of Alberta
Alicia Cappello
Sep 30, 2017