Pariyar, Sher Bahadur
Bhattarai, Suman
Dhakal, Sandesh
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Forest and Environment, Lumbini Province, Nepal
Article History
Received: 8 January 2025
Accepted: 17 June 2025
First Online: 24 July 2025
Declarations
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: Tribhuvan University, Institute of Forestry, Pokhara Campus, Pokhara, Nepal approved the research study. As explained in the ethical concerns and considerations portion of this research, all participants provided their informed consent to participate in the study. We confirm that this is truly academic research and we have used expert knowledge and their expertise by their approval and consent based on which we draw the conclusion. This study did not use human/human data/the use of human tissue samples. This study did not involve humans under 16 years of age. The information gathered for this study was kept completely private and was only meant to be used for scholarly research.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.