For Environment, Democracy and Livelihoods
Forest Research and Training Center (FRTC) collaborated with ForestAction Nepal to organised the first National Conference on Invasive Alien Species in Nepal on 12 th -13 th December 2025 in Kathmandu. This was the first of its kind and high-profile event organised on invasive species in Nepal. The conference brought together various stakeholders working on policy, management and research on invasive species in Nepal.
Dr. Lila Nath Sharma who is undertaking invasive species management and restoration projects in ForestAction Nepal presented an invited paper on ‘Current efforts to control invasive species outside protected areas in Nepal’. He shared ForestAction Nepal’s activities on invasive species management. Similarly, Dr Naya Sharma Paudel moderated a session on policy practice linkage on invasive species management in Nepal. The conference was important and successful in
sensitising stakeholders on urgency of invasive species management.