Ths paper, in general, makes an endeavour to
demonstrate how the population growth in Nepal has been
conducive to the environmental degradation. More specifically,
this paper is intent on dealing with four objectives, viz., (i) to
assess the trends and causes of the population growth; (ii) to
assess the increasing demands of growing population on the
environment; (iii) to assess the environmental degradation
resultant from the population pressure, and (iv) to assess the
impact of environmental degradation on the agrarian economy of
Nepal.