sciencesHIMALAYAN JOURNAL OF
Volume 1 Issue 2 July 2003 ISSN 1727 5210
editorial essay
Renovation and reconstruction of universities Basket case science, basket case society The first and foremost responsibility of a university The utter failure of science in Nepal is built into our is to meet the needs of society own system Sanjay N Khanal Udayaraj Khanal Page 69 Page 77
correspondence Reasoning for results A huge collection of data is nothing if we cannot make a hypothesis. Thinking over the result is as Flood of discoveries in Nepal! important as getting the data Access to full text of worlds 7000 leading journals Dennis Bray Himalayan Journal of Sciences will revalue the role of TUCL Page 79 Volume 1, Issue 2, July 2003 Krishna M Bhandary Pages: viii-xiv + 69-139 Page 71 (Cover story: p 87, 103) policy Marketing science journals The wide circulation of a journal is as important as Direct payments to conserve biodiversity its publication Bharat B Shrestha Sometimes it pays to buy what you want rather Page 71 than try to finesse it Paul J Ferraro and Agnes Kiss WTO casts a shadow over Nepals natural Page 81 legacy Cant live with it, cant live without it. Confused? Biodiversity update Progress in taxonomy The golden rule: Economic priorities should not be Global inventory of life can facilitate reconstruction allowed to outweigh environmental imperatives of Tree of life Krishna Roka Stephen Blackmore Page 72 Page 83
commentary
Rampant poaching, bleak Poaching: Get a grip on it situation, what next? p 73 To prevent wildlife trade, we are limited by our defective activity Ravi S Aryal Page 73 Why we must fight biopiracy Through the subtle process of reverse technology transfer, rich countries are benefiting unjustly from the knowledge and technology of poor countries Martin Khor Page 74 special announcement Menacing food commodities Published by Escalating trends of fraudulent practice The Rolwaling Mountain Legacy Institute Himalayan Journal in food business has penetrated Mountain Legacy, creater of The Hilary Medal, Publishing Group, the whole food chain purposes a bold initiative in integrated research and Lalitpur, Nepal Rajendra Uprety development GPO Box No. 2838 Page 75 Page 85
HIMALAYAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCES VOL 1 ISSUE 2 JULY 2003 xiii research papers
Evaluation of cultivars and land races of Oryza sativa for restoring and maintaining wild abortive cytoplasm Bal K Joshi, Laxmi P Subedi, Santa B Gurung and Ram C Sharma Page 87-91
Assessing the land cover situation in Surkhang, Upper Mustang, Nepal, using an ASTER image Benktesh D Sharma, Jan Clevers, Reitze De Graaf and Nawa R Chapagain, Page 93-98
Dont just pile up data; Effect of gibberellic acid on reserve food mobilization of maize Identifying fertility-restoring contemplate your results (Zea mays L. var Arun-2) endosperm during germination and sterility maintaining rice p 79 Chandra K Subedi and Tribikram Bhattarai, Page 99-102 varieties, p 87 GIS-based flood risk zoning of the Khando river basin in the Terai region of east Nepal Keshav P Sharma, Naba R Adhikari, Pawan K Ghimire and Prem S Chapagain, Page 103-106
Physiochemical characteristics of soil in tropical sal (Shorea robusta Gaertn.) forests in eastern Nepal Shishir Paudel and Jay P Sah, Page 107-110
Control of flea beetle, Phyllotreta nemorum L. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) using locally available natural resources Indra P Subedi and KaminiV aidya, Page 111-114
Surface modification of polycarbonate (bisphenol A) by low pressure rf plasma Deepak P Subedi, Lenka Zajickova, Vilma Bursikova and Jan Janca, Page 115-118
Hydrogeological conditions in the southern part of Dang valley, Constructing species-level mid-western Nepal Invasive alien species can phylogenetic reltionship is disrupt ecosystems and seriously hampered by Birendra Sapkota, Page 119-122 threaten our na