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Workshop on “Adaptation Planning: Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation with Local Development Process” organized by ForestAction Nepal on March 8, 2013 at the Local Development Training Academy.

Asia-Pacific Forestry Week took place between 7-11 November at the China National Convention Centre, Beijing China.

Blog on: In Nepal and Papua New Guinea, media does little to explain REDD+

BOGOR, Indonesia (31 October, 2012)_Mainstream media coverage of REDD+ in the forested nations of Nepal and Papua New Guinea is dominated by government policy makers and experts, while the voices of traditional land owners and local communities are conspicuously absent, two new studies by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) have found.[pdf-embedder url=”https://webpromotionnepal.com/forestaction/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/In-Nepal-and-Papua-New-Guinea.pdf” title=”In Nepal and Papua New Guinea”]

ForestAction in collaboration with the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) organized one day seminar on “Community-based Forestry and Livelihood in the context of Climate Change Adaptation in South Asia” on 9 December, 2012 at Hotel Greenwich, Lalitpur. The event was followed by a field trip to Pandey Gaun Community Forest, Kavreplanchowk in order to have insights on how the community forest user groups have been coping with the changing climatic conditions. This seminar was organized with the support from the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN).

Inception workshop on REDD+ Financing and Drivers of Deforestation at Hotel Himalaya on 25th March, 2013 organized by ForestAction in association with UNDP and REDD cell.

Himalaya, Climate Change and Development: A Seminar Series (June 2013-June 2015)

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 will be held approximately every two months over a 24 month time frame.

First Seminar Topic: “Introduction to Political Transition and Climate Change” By: Dr. Andrea Nightingale (Associate Professor, School of Global Studies,University of Gothenburg, Sweden)

Date: June 28th, 2013

Time: 2:00 PM-4:00 PM

Venue: Hall-C, Local Development Training Academy (LDTA Hall), Jawalakhel

Post-graduate Scholars (M.Sc. and above can apply)

Participation is free and no compensation will be provided to speakers or participants. Interested persons are requested to send application at gyanu@sias-southasia.org by June 20th, 2013

Only 25 applicants will be selected

The Government of Nepal has requested Asian Development Bank (ADB) assistance in preparing an agriculture development strategy (ADS) with a 20-year vision and a 10-year planning horizon. We have been prostesting against the monopoly of foreign interventation in ADS.[pdf-embedder url=”https://webpromotionnepal.com/forestaction/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1.-final-pressrelease-nepali-13-October-2011-2.pdf” title=”1. final pressrelease nepali 13 October 2011″]

The Government of Nepal has requested Asian Development Bank (ADB) assistance in preparing an agriculture development strategy (ADS) with a 20-year vision and a 10-year planning horizon. We have been prostesting against the monopoly of foreign interventation in ADS.

[pdf-embedder url=”https://webpromotionnepal.com/forestaction/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Call-for-article-for-the-journal-1.pdf” title=”Call for article for the journal”][pdf-embedder url=”https://webpromotionnepal.com/forestaction/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Call-for-article-for-the-journal-1.pdf” title=”Call for article for the journal”]The Journal of Forest and Livelihoods aims to inform the environmental policy process by facilitating dialogue among politicians, professionals, activists, researchers and policy makers. The Journal documents and disseminates the insights, lessons and innovations taking place in socio-cultural, political and economic aspects of environmental governance and rural livelihoods in Nepal. Original scientific papers, short communications and review articles are published in the journal. In this connection, we welcome articles analysing contemporary issues on nature-society interactions that have direct implications both on local livelihoods and resource sustainability. We particularly encourage the papers that are guided by critical social sciences perspectives and enriched by insights from deliberative governance, political economy, political ecology, social learning and institutional theories. Papers are published in English. The authors are fully responsible for the originality of the paper and formal correctness. The paper must not be published previously elsewhere.

Call for phd. research proposal: climate change and rural institutions

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Forest Action organized a half-day knowledge sharing workshop on ‘REDD+ Policy Process and Governance in Nepal’. The program was scheduled on 17th Sept, 2013 from 8:30am to 12:30pm, at Sap Falcha, Babarmahal, Kathmandu. The objective of program was to discuss key forest policy and governance issues in relation to implementation of REDD+ in Nepal. This will be valuable to gather vital messages to inform ongoing REDD+ readiness process and especially in development of National REDD+ Strategy.

Training on Payment for Ecosystem Services, at Dhulikhel has been postponed