INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES OF USING THE NATURAL RESOURCES IN NEPAL The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal is a rich country in South Asia. This country is rich in cultural and environmental geographic location that includes one of the world’s tallest mountains the Mount Everest. Nepal is also rich in biodiversity and natural resources, ecosystem including large water resources that has been included to be very useful in their people’s indigenous existence and native society who is the forefather of their cultural development. They have more than 50 variations of indigenous nationalities that are legally recognized to have a different ways of life, folklore, customs, traditions and religious beliefs that form their heritage. Since these people lived in high rise mountainous regions they have not been included in many national policies and benefits of their nation. Although they lived long ago in the far away regions, they ar...