A review of community forestry advances in Nepal

Abstract

Community forestry is the major strategy in Nepal's forest policy. Evidence suggests that forest and tree resources on common and private land are improving and that indigenous forest management systems are common throughout the country. A strong government forest policy exists which, together with comprehensive operational guidelines, provides clear direction for community forestry workers. New progressive legislation will further strengthen the power of forest user groups to manage community forests. The primary focus of the community forestry programme is now to hand over the management responsibilities for government-owned natural forests to forest user groups. Encouraging progress is being made in many parts of Nepal, but some impediments to implementation still exist. Show more