This paper argues that the Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
(REDD+) initiatives in Nepal have not adequately understood and considered institutional …

Forest sector of Nepal is far from harnessing its economic potential, but witnesses a
continuation of deforestation and forest degradation. This is largely because of the limited …

Collaborative forest management (CFM) is a 'community-based'forest tenure regime that
works in partnership between the central government, local government and local forest …

The Tarai region—the plains area in the southern part of Nepal—contrasts with the image of
the country as mountainous. It is one of Nepal's three ecological belts and its social …

A Master Plan for Nepal's Forestry Sector (MPFS), enacted in 1989, and subsequent
legislation laid the foundation for modern community-based forest management in Nepal. In …

The lack of progress with community forestry in the Nepal Terai has been blamed on
regional agrarian structure, the ethnic composition of the population, in-migration and the …

Corrupt practices are endemic in the forestry sector in Nepal. Corruption features
prominently in the transfer and promotion of forest officials where large sums of money are …

The Government of Nepal has had a high interest in the Terai forest in order to harness its
enormous revenue potential. However, the policies and plans formulated to this end have …

Abstract National Forest Inventory has outlined the decreasing trend of forest cover in the
lowlands of Nepal. Several drivers of deforestation and forest degradation (D & D) were …

Appreciation of how forest land can be managed in a sustainable way in arid and semi-arid
zones (ASAZs) of centralized countries is limited. Accordingly, this thesis seeks to analyse …