Under the community forestry scheme pioneered by Nepal in the 1970s, communities manage their forests for their own use and benefits based on an operational plan approved by the divisional forest ...

Kavre and Sindhupalchok were where Nepal's community forestry concept was first piloted in the 1980s, with support from an Australian aid program. “No one attends the meetings for the community forest ...

By Karan Deep Singh and Bhadra Sharma KANKALI COMMUNITY FOREST, Nepal — The old man moved gingerly, hill after hill, cutting dry shrubs until he was surrounded by trees that had grown from ...

Researchers had captured images of two tigers in the sanctuary ... Bhatt, the lead author, said that Nepal’s community forest program, hailed globally as a successful initiative, could be ...

in 3 community forest user groups (CFUGs) in the Dolakha district in Nepal. Management of NTFPs through CFUGs is an important poverty-reduction strategy in rural Nepal. National policy documents ...

In Nepal, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities are at the helm of forests conservation, leveraging traditional knowledge and community-based management. They share a symbiotic relationship with ...

The conflict between two major stakeholders in the forest sector, the President Chure Tarai-Madhes Conservation Development board and Federation of Community Forestry Users Nepal has come to a ...

There are now 16,000-20,000 community-managed forests in Nepal, covering 25 per cent or 1.2 million hectares of the country's forest land, Mr. Rana says. Communities also earn revenue by selling ...

DOTI: Locals of rural Jorayal area of the district have been running a college with the earnings from various local community forests. Forest users committees of Chara, Ghanteswor, Chhatiwan ...