Can contemporary democratic governments tackle climate crisis? Some argue that
democracy has to be a central part of a strategy to deal with climate change. Others argue …

Governments are pushing for decentralization of forestry governance, but in Loita community
forest, the traditional community management organization is inviting government and other …

T he Community Forestry Program in Nepal encompasses a set of policy and institutional
innovations that empower local communities to manage forests for livelihoods while also …

Over the past decade, widespread concern has emerged over how environmental
governance can be transformed to avoid impending catastrophes such as climate change …

Nepal's community forestry program has been touted as a successful case in decentralized
forest management. However, the government of Nepal has often constrained the autonomy …

In recent decades, countries across Asia, Latin America, and Africa have adopted
environmental decentralization reforms to encourage the community-based management of …

This paper explores the forest bureaucracy's practices of implementing community forest
policies in Nepal and how this shapes the realities of community forestry for forest user …

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 …

Decentralised forest management is believed to hold potential for increased economic and
social equity. Implications of the associated local forest law enforcement on livelihoods …

Viewing resource management essentially through a biophysical lens has provided too
restricted a perspective for understanding complex political processes surrounding forest …