Forest conservation through community management in the hill and plain areas of Nepal

This case-study introduces the first quantitative assessment of the effects of CF management in forests located in hilly and plain areas of Nepal on soil carbon (C), nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P) and potassium (K).

FAO

Implementation

Country

Nepal

Details

Description

In Nepal, local users have been managing forests since 1978, applying different management practices, such as thinning, cleaning, pruning, planting, weeding and harvesting operations. Altogether, there are today over 23 000 CF in Nepal spread over more than 2 million hectares (DoFS, 2019), and the establishment of CF in the hilly areas has been one of the most successful forestry programmes in the country (Maskey et al., 2006).

Publication date

1 Jan 2021

Language

Source

FAO

Main intervention

Management

New land use type

Forest Land

Sub-interventions

Forest conservation, Agroforestry

Organisations

SchEMS - School of Environment Science and Management Institute of Forestry (IOF)