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A two days workshop on “Opportunities and Challenges of Promoting Forest Based Enterprise in Koshi Hill Nepal” was held on 2-3 July, 2013 in Dhankuta district, which was jointly organized by ForestAction Nepal and Rural Reconstruct Nepal (RRN). A total of 51 individuals (entrepreneurs, representatives of CSOs, MSFP staffs, representatives of financial institutions) participated in the workshop. The workshop helped to understand the challenges and opportunities of forest based enterprises in Koshi Hill districts (Dhankuta, Terathum, Sankhuwasabha and Bhojpur). During workshop, various types of forest based enterprises were identified, such as private enterprises, community led but supported by private partner and private led but supported by communities. Among them some are successfully operating and others are thriving for their existence. Based on the workshop, it could be concluded that there are many possibilities and opportunities of promoting and advancing different types of forest based enterprises in Koshi Hill districts, particularly the community based enterprises to increase benefits like creating job opportunities and livelihood options for the poor and disadvantaged communities. However, different scales of supports and facilitation, both in terms of policy advocacy and practical supports such as enhancements of technology and skills, are essential. Prior to the workshop, a week-long field visit and observation of some forest based enterprises and consultation meetings with entrepreneurs and stakeholders of Terathum, Sankhuwasabha and Dhankuta districts were also conducted by ForestAction team to understand the existing scenario of enterprises.

ForestAction Nepal along with other likeminded organizations organized a half day interaction program on “Political parties’ commitment towards food, agriculture and land issues” on 25th October, 2013 in the context of World Food day, from 8.30 am to 12 pm, at Staff Collage, Jawalakhel, Lalitpur. The co-organizers of the programs were the members of campaign “Agriculture for Food”.

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Forest Action organized one and a half day knowledge sharing technical workshop on REDD+ on 23-24th June 2014 at Dhulikhel and Policy Sharing Workshop on Community Forestry and REDD+ on 25th June 2014 at Hotel Himalaya.

A letter was sent to Agriculture Minister and other related stakeholders, on behalf of Food and Sustainable Agriculture Initiative, ForestAction (on 1st September 2013), with the request to make wide review of ADS draft report and bring some changes in it accordingly. Further, as ADS draft report is written in English, it is requested to write it in Nepali language so that majority of Nepalese people/farmers can able to review the draft as well.

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Institute of Forestry, in collaboration with Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation and University of Copenhagen, organized international conference on ‘Forests, People and Climate: Changing Paradigm’. The three days long conference, held in Fulbari Hotel, Pokhara (Aug 28-30, 2013), was aimed to disseminate up-to-date information and practical experience in natural resource management. Three key note papers were presented and other papers were presented in three parallel sessions for governance, biodiversity and forests/livelihoods themes. On behalf of ForestAction, five papers were presented-1) Climate Forestry and Marginalization of Forest Managers led by Naya Sharma Paudel, 2) REDD+ readiness in Nepal: Divided stakeholders and deviated agenda led by Dil B. Khatri, 3) Optimizing Contribution of Timber in Community Forestry led by Govinda Paudel, 4) Communities, Governance and Commercialization led by Prakash Jha and 5) Internal Good Governance of CF for REDD+ Outcomes led by Bishnu Hari Poudyal.

About 250 national/international participants are expected to participate in the event; the eyes of the world will be on Pokhara, Nepal, in August 2013. Participation is encouraged from various national and international organizations including the academia, government and non-government. The conference will provide an excellent opportunity for participants to share their experiences and learn from each other. About 60 oral presentations and 40 posters are expected during the conference. Keynote speakers of international recognition will address each of the thematic areas

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Second Seminar on “Mainstreaming Climate Change in Sustainable Mountain Development: Reflections from ICIMOD’s work” by Dr. Madhav Karki will be organised on August 27, 2013 (2:00-4:00 PM) at Local Development Training Academy (LDTA), Jawalakhel. Participants can download the reading materials by logging in the website: www.pvcc.forestaction.org

This seminar is part of British Academy supported initiative, the key aims of which are to enhance capacity in the partners on political transition and environmental change research, to understand the role of research in conflict resolution, and to train a new generation of Nepali and UK scholars equipped with research expertise for tackling complex social-environmental issues.

Seminars are held approximately every two months over a 24 month time frame. (June 2013-June 2015)

ForestAction and District Forest Office Sunsari and Baglung have jointly organized multi-stakeholder discussions on drivers of deforestation and REDD+ financing. One day workshops were organized in Dharan (25th Aug, 2013) and Baglung (27th Aug, 2013). The general objective of the discussion was to inform the REDD+ policy process and REDD+ financing options in Nepal. Particularly, the discussion was focused in identifying key drivers of deforestation and forest degradation, examining policy gaps in addressing deforestation and identifying potential REDD+ financing mechanism for utilizing REDD+ money. Government and non-government key actors in forestry and environment such as district forest office, FECOFUN, district soil conservation office, women networks and (I)NGOs/CBOs participated in the event.

A half day interaction program on ‘Forest Based Enterprises: Opportunities and Challenges in Nepal (Reflection from the field)- series-II’ was held on 1st September 2013, from 1.30-5.00 pm at Indreni Foodland, New Baneshwor, Kathmandu, organized by ForestAction Nepal.

The National Federation of Farmer’s Group and Food and Sustainable Agriculture Initiative, released the press note to make the Agriculture Development Strategy (ADS) public on 24 July, 2013. The major demands in the note are:

• In the context of completion and submission of the proposed strategy, it should be made public along with sources of its resources and expenditure.
• The review of documents, provided in the website of Ministry of Agriculture Development, indicates that the ADS is focused on high input agriculture practices which is inappropriate for Nepalese agricultural system. Therefore, there is need to form a review committee comprising of representatives from various stakeholders
• A lot of farmers cannot able to read English, therefore at least some parts of the strategy should be prepared in Nepalese.

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Workshop on Current issues of Agriculture. 5 August 2011, SapFalcha, Kathmandu, Organized by ForestAction

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A discussion program with the leaders of the agricultural organizations of Nepal on the topic ‘Vital Agricultural Issues of Nepal’ was held on 26th December 2011 from 11 am onwards at ForestAction office, Satdobato, Lalitpur organized by ForestAction Nepal.

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