08/10/2025
Noting new research and practice-based insights from Nepal’s four decades of community forestry development, we are proud to present the book "Restoring Forests and Improving Livelihoods in Nepal: Four Decades of Community Forestry." Looking back into stories of changes from the era of "Himalayan degradation" in the 1970s to the global success of community forestry in the 2000s, this book presents a comprehensive outlook into the political economy and changing community dynamics which has shaped the everyday practice of community forestry and its contribution to livelihoods and forest restoration.
With Dr Hemant Ojha as the lead editor, this book consists of 19 chapters under different thematic areas which will be of great interest to researchers, scholars, and practitioners working on forest restoration and conservation, community development, environmental policy and planning, and sustainable development.
A critical resource in shaping the scope and depth of this book was a project called Enhancing Livelihoods from Improved Forest Management in Nepal (EnLiFT2) which was funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).
Want to know more? Click here to access the book: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/10.4324/9781032705613/restoring-forests-improving-livelihoods-nepal-hemant-ojha-naya-paudel-rahul-karki-krishna-shrestha-ian-nuberg-mani-ram-banjade-dil-khatri-sony-baral?refId=293ff3ea-2cdb-47ba-a7d6-f678d4d4d800&context=ubx&fbclid=IwY2xjawNTBk1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHk3QRo_niCFnoxdcUECTZ6qbyJy1vCV-U5X2nvEHKBOGqILRnPP8wp9_q3pH_aem_D1egNPS70F0YQjjOzg-Y6A
