Nepal has been exercising a decentralized approach to management of forest resources following the inception of federalization. The transition from unitary governance has witnessed a shift in responsibilities, on resource management, to the Provincial governments. In the move to apprehending the real essence of decentralization, the federal government has enacted Forest Act and Regulation and […]
With the onset of the dry season, forests in Nepal often face the risk of forest fire. Apart from loss of forest area, forest fires have been catastrophic in terms of the scale of damage it does to the biodiversity, and infrastructure. While efforts have been laid from the government and the community side to […]
Revitalising community forestry in the changing socioeconomic context of Nepal’ report launch event was successfully held at Hotel Himalaya on 15 March 2022. The report was jointly launched by the Secretary of MoFE, Dr Pem Kandel, and HE Felicity Volk, Australian Ambassador to Nepal. There were over 35 participants from various institutions including joint secretaries […]
A webinar on ‘Origins and early development of community forestry in Nepal’ was organized on 14 March 2022. The speakers involved pioneers and early advocates of community forestry in Nepal. The experiential insights of the four pioneers (Dr Don Gilmour, Mr. Stephen Midgley, Dr TBS Mahat, Dr Narayan Kaji Shrestha) threw light on the historical context […]
Community forest user groups had not been able to hold their general assemblies for the past two years. Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions, forest management activities were severely impacted. Lakure Bhulbhule CF was no exception to this where CFUGs were awaiting the approval of the operational plan. The EnLiFT2 team supported in preparation […]
Dated: 29 May-3 August, 2019 (intermittently) With the establishment of research plots in Hile Jaljale ‘Ka’ Community Forest (CF), EnLiFT II has accomplished the establishment of silvicultural research plots in all the sites. Four research plots, each of 1 ha (100m x 100m), are established in every site representing three silvicultural treatments (Shelterwood, Disperesed Variable […]
Dr Ian Nuberg from University of Adelaide; Mr Rahul Karki and Ms Yuvika Adhikari from ForestAction Nepal participated in the 4th World Conference on Agroforestry held from 20 to 22 May 2019 at Le Corum Conference Centre, Montpellier, France. They also participated in an information exchange workshop, a side event organized by ACIAR to capitalize […]
Two days training on safe operation and maintenance of power chainsaw was successfully conducted at Chautara, Sindhupalchowk from 25 to 26 March 2019 and at Banepa from 9 to 10 April 2019. The participants were the local forest users, Forest Officers and Forest Rangers. The training was organized to introduce knowledge and build skills on […]
ForestAction Nepal under the EnLiFT project organized meetings with the community forest user groups of Bhagwanthumki, Banepa, one of the research sites of the project. The meeting was carried out from 24 February to 8 March 2019. Mr Kamal Bhandari, a member of the EnLiFT research team, informed the participants about the EnLiFT project and […]
A district level inception meeting of EnLiFT 2 was organized on 3 February, 2019 at Dhulikhel Lodge Resort, Kavrepalanchowk to develop a common understanding among stakeholders regarding the project. The participants were the representatives from local government, FECOFUN, FEnFit, CFUGs and media. The program was chaired by Mr Badri Kumar Karki, Chief, Divisional Forest Office […]
