Acknowledgements

This manual of Roadside Bio-engineering has been developed from an enormous amount of experience, gained throughout the road network of Nepal between 1984 and 1998. It is written for the exceptional conditions found in Nepal (characterised mainly by very active geomorphology, steep slopes, intense rainfall and a restricted economy) and the techniques have been tested under those conditions.

So many people have been involved that it is quite impossible to acknowledge them all. Nothing could have been achieved without the full support of the Department of Roads, the financial support of the Department for International Development of the United Kingdom and the administrative support of Roughton International. In writing this manual I have drawn on material and comments from a large number of people. The main personal contributions and support are listed below.

Department of Roads: Varun Prasad Shrestha, Niranjan Prasad Chalise, Mohan Bahadur Karki, Bharati Sharma, Suresh Kumar Regmi, Shyam Prasad Adhikari, Medini Prasad Rijal, Madan Gopal Maleku, Basu Dev Jha, Keshav Pokhrel, Ananda Kumar Batajoo, Indu Sharma Dhakal, Biplabh Karki, Jamuna Bahadur Shrestha, Vishnu Prasad Shrestha, Yogendra Kumar Rai, Deepak Raj Maskey, Ajay Kumar Mull, Bijay Chapagain, Shankar Prasad Rajbhandari, Buddhi Prasad Neupane, Sudarsan Lal Shrestha, Deepak KC, Raj Kumar Maharjan.

Department for International Development, United Kingdom: Jane Clark, Peter Roberts, Martin Sergeant, Ed Farrand, Janet Seeley.

Eastern Region Road Maintenance: Ishwar Sunwar, Indra Kafle, Shankar Rai.

Mountain Risk Engineering Unit, Tribhuvan University: Megh Raj Dhital, Narendra Man Shakya, Samjwal Ratna Bajracharya, Siddhi Bir Karmacharya, Padma Bahadur Khadka.

Others: Cliff Lawrance (Transport Research Laboratory), Bob George (Wolverhampton University), Hare Ram Shrestha and Govinda Mallick (Sustainable Infrastructure Development Foundation), Mohan Dhoj Joshi and Kalyan Thapa (Third Road Improvement Project), Werner Paul Meyer (Helvetas), Simon Howarth (Sir Mott MacDonald and Partners), Stephen Eagle (Forestry and Bio-engineering Consultant), Dev Bir Basnyet (Alliance Nepal), John Millband (WSP International), the staff of Roughton International and Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick, Keshar Man Sthapit (Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation), Ramesh Bikram Karky (Karky Law Chambers), Pushpa Lal Moktan (New Era), Peter Branney (Forestry and Rural Development Consultant), Paul Balogun (Natural Resources Economics Consultant), Keshar Man Bajracharya (Royal Nepal Academy of Science and Technology), and Narendra Paudyal (Botanical Illustrator).

The manual production team in the United Kingdom was Omar Sattaur (Editor) and Chris Jones (Designer).

John Howell (Living Resources Limited).
June 1999.