Impact of ClimateChange on Livelihood & Biodiversity in RuralCommunity: A Case Study from Siddhiganes and Nepane Community Forest User Groups of Sanosirubari VDC, Sindhupalchok District, Nepal

Climate change is contemporary global threat to the entire world. Green House Gases (GHGs) are attributed to current global warming and GHGs concentration in atmosphere is increasing human driven activities. Rising the atmospheric temperature has negative impacts on biodiversity, human health, and other aspect’s world.The main objective of the study was to assess the impact of climate change on agriculture; people's health; economy and on biodiversity using various research tools. The two community forest user groups namely Siddhi Ganesh and Nepane of Sanosirubari VDC of Sindhupalchok District, Nepal were sampled out. It is observed that climate change is creating multidimensional impacts on the life of human as well as flora and fauna during 30 years. Therefore, daptation practices must be developed and awareness level of the people on climate change must be increased.

Mr. Digambar Singh Dahal father of Mis. Aditi Dahal, husband of Mrs. Arati Kattle, citizen of Hajariya-1, Sarlahi, Nepal obtained his ISc. in forestry at TU, Nepal(1995), BSc in forestry at HNB Garhwal University, India (2006) and MA in RD at TU,Nepal(2011), has more than 12 years of work experience in Community Based Sustainable Forest Management.