Ghan Shyam PandeyCoordinator, GACF

Chairman, Green Foundation Nepal

Email: pandeygs2002@yahoo.com

CHANGING LANDSCAPESTHROUGH COMMUNITY FORESTRY

IN NEPAL

Community Forest

• "Community Forest" means a National Forest handed over to an users'group pursuant to Section 25 for its development, conservation andutilization for the collective interest

• The District Forest Officer may handover any part of a National Forest to aUsers' Group in the form of a Community Forest As Prescribed entitling todevelop, conserve, use and manage the Forest and, sell and distribute theForest Products independently by fixing their prices according to Work Plan

• The Users' Group to be a Corporate Body: (1) The Users' Group constitutedpursuant to Section 42 shall be an autonomous and corporate body havingperpetual secession. (2) The Users' Group shall have a separate seal of itsown. (3) The Users' Group as a person may acquire, possess or transfer orotherwise manage movable and immovable property.

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No. of CFUGs In the last decade In the current decade

Rate of CFUG formation

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Community forests – at Present P{ present

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Gray to Green

to Green Economy

Green- CF

Gray

Green

Enterprises

1970s Under Government

Management

Now Under Community Forest

Management

Success Behind……………………

Nepal’s hills in 1970s

Now after

Community Forest

Practice, Pilot to Policy,

Legal, Policy, Institutional and

Political Reform

Gender Balance Action

Local and National Government,

Donors and Media Support

Strong Federation and CSO

FOREST PEOPLES ISTITUTION

S

Development

Approach: Putting the

Last first. Policy reform to Secure

Tenure Rights

. Collective Action and Capacity

Building

. Support for Networking

. Climate Justice

. Technology transfer

. Market Service

. More Action than talking

. Focusing on Poverty Reduction

Lesson Learnt & WAYFORARD

THANK YOU !