Community Forestry in Nepal: Opportunity

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Community Forestry in Nepal Opportunity
Challenge for Marginalized Communities

• Dil Raj Khanal
• FECOFUN
• dlkhanal_at_yahoo.com

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Outline

• 1. Background
• 2. Legalization of community-based forest
  management system
• 3. Major achievements of CF
• 4. Challenges
• 5. Conclusion

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1. Background
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2. Legalization of community-based forest
management system in Nepal
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2. Legalization
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3. Major achievements of CF

• Improvement in forest condition and environment

Western terai
Eastern hill
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3. Major achievements .

• Participation in Benefit Sharing and Decision
  Making
• Participatory Democratic Exercises
• Social Inclusion, Good Governance, and Equity

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3. Major achievements .

• Contribution to Community Development

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4. Challenges

• Policy issues
• Access
• and
• Equity

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5. Conclusion

• Ensuring of collective tenure rights of
  community for equity and justice in community
  forestry
• Harmonization of conflicting policy and interest