Schema	iso19139
Purpose	With the use of this indicator, one can easily identify which part of Koshi basin is relatively vulnerable in terms of ecological health. This will be helpful to design intervention plan to improve the ecological health of a particular sub-basin.
Descriptive Keyword	Ecological Health Index (EHI), Fertilizer use, crop intensity, forest cover, slope, erosion (theme) Nepal, India, Bihar, Koshi Basin (place)

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Language	eng
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Hierarchy Level	attribute
Date	2020-09-08T14:41:36
Standard Name	North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003

Contact
Name	Nilhari Neupane	Email	Nilhari.Neupane@icimod.org
Organization Name	ICIMOD	Voice
Position name	Socio-economist	Address	Nepal
Role	author

Identification Info
Title	Ecological Health Index (EHI) of Nepal and Bihar part of Koshi Basin
Date	2013-12-31
Date Type	publication
Abstract	Ecological Health Index (EHI): indicates the ecological healthiness of the basin because the quality of the environment is an essential factor for sustainable use of water. The parameters such as use of chemical (fertilizer), cropping intensity, forest cover, slope, erosivity etc are accounted in the ecological health index.
Purpose	With the use of this indicator, one can easily identify which part of Koshi basin is relatively vulnerable in terms of ecological health. This will be helpful to design intervention plan to improve the ecological health of a particular sub-basin.
Status	completed
Charset	utf8
Topic Category	geoscientificInformation
Spatial Representation Type	textTable

Cited Responsible Parties
Name	Nilhari Neupane	Email	Nilhari.Neupane@icimod.org
Organization Name	ICIMOD	Voice
Position name	Socio-economist	Address
Role	author

Geographic Extent
Geographic Extent East	88.9502	Geographic Extent West	85.0238
Geographic Extent North	29.1382	Geographic Extent South	25.334

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