Community Forestry in Nepal has already created a history of its four decades. Over these years, the trees have grown, and the society has changed and so has the societal roles of individuals evolved. Such changes demand a shift in women’s role from caretaker to a decision maker. In such, mere representation is not enough, […]
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 […]
Pre-harvesting regeneration and ground cover measurement is completed in Deupokhari CFUG, Lisankhupakhar-1, Sindhupalchok during 2-5 November, 2020. Many thanks to our Researcher team Shyam Bhandari, Madan Bashyal, Lakshman Kunwar and Prakash Jaishi. Thanks also goes to DFO Sindhupalchok and CF Users. We have a control plot and three treatment plots (Shelterwood, Strip Shelterwood and Disperse […]
EnLiFT2 has been conducting action-based research in six CFUGs of Sindhupalchok and Kavre districts where Pine species dominate the forest. There are four different plots in each CF adopting various silviculture methods (i) Control plot (ii) Irregular shelter-wood (iii) Strip shelter-wood (iv) Disperse variable retention. Recently, our field team has completed the pre-harvesting regeneration and […]
EnLiFT has been organizing EPPL (EnLiFT Policy and Practice Lab) for the past five years and has been successful in bringing together policy makers, researchers, local communities, CSOs, and the private sector to discuss on critical policy issues. In contrast to the conventional methods of policy discussion, EPPL adopts a unique way of diagnosing the […]
The REDD-Implementation Centre recently organized the workshop on ‘Gender Integration in Forestry’ on 29 February-2 March 2020 in Godawari, Nepal. Researchers, activists, development practitioners working in and around gender issues were among those present in the workshop. Various presentations and panel discussions were held and were facilitated by reputable personalities. Dr. Naya Sharma Paudel, the […]
