ForestAction Nepal under the EnLiFT project organized meetings with the community forest user groups of Bhagwanthumki, Banepa, one of the research sites of the project. The meeting was carried out from 24 February to 8 March 2019. Mr Kamal Bhandari, a member of the EnLiFT research team, informed the participants about the EnLiFT project and the work that will be conducted under the three dif...
Dr Birendra Kumar Karna, Executive Coordinator at ForestAction Nepal, participated in the planning meeting between ForestAction Nepal and University of Colorado at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA from February 18-22, 2019. The aim of the meeting was to discuss options for the development of field research protocols and data collection instruments to be e...
A district level inception meeting of EnLiFT 2 was organized on 3 February, 2019 at Dhulikhel Lodge Resort, Kavrepalanchowk to develop a common understanding among stakeholders regarding the project. The participants were the representatives from local government, FECOFUN, FEnFit, CFUGs and media. The program was chaired by Mr Badri Kumar Karki, Chief, Divi...
A district level inception meeting of EnLiFT 2 for Sindhupalchowk was held on 6 February, 2019 at District Coordination Committee’s Meeting Hall, Chautara. The major objective of program was to develop a common understanding among stakeholders of project .The meeting was attended by key forestry relevant stakeholders including Divisional Forest Office, Dist...
A District level pre-inception meeting was organized on 16 January 2019 at Kavrepalanchowk and on 17 January 2019 at Sindhupalchowk.The primarily focus of both the meetings were to reflect on preliminary field visit, develop common understanding and co-operation regarding project and plan further actions.
A total of 33 community forests from Sindhupalchowk and Kavre districts were visited as potential sites for EnLiFT II. In this reconnaissance conducted from 13 to 28 December 2018, the pine forests of sites were observed as well as the group dynamics and socio-economic status of CFUGs were assessed. The primary findings were communicated to Division Forest Office...
A team of researchers from ForestAction Nepal have recently completed a five month long intensive field study in 113 Community forests in Central Nepal. The study was conducted as part of biodiversity impact evaluation of USAID funded Hariyo Ban II program. The study will contribute towards the broader analysis of the theory of change that assumes there is a link...
An inception workshop for the project entitled ‘Enhancing livelihoods from improved forest management in Nepal’ kicked off in Lalitpur on 3 December 2018. The workshop was attended by the Secretary of Ministry of Forest and Environment Dr. Bishwa Nath Oli, His Excellency Australian Ambassador to Nepal Mr. Peter Budd, representative of the Australian C...
A two day training on Google Earth Engine(GEE) was jointly organized by ForestAction Nepal, Resources Himalaya Foundation and East-West Centre,Hawaii from 3rd to 4th December 2018 at ForestActions premises. This hands-on workshop was aimed for training in accessing and analyzing temporal, spatial tree cover data through range of processing techniques on open-acc...
"An International meeting on Twenty-five years of community forestry: Mapping tree dynamics in Nepal" science meeting was held at Hotel Annapurna from 29th November 2018 to 30th November 2018. The meeting was jointly organized by Resources Himalaya Foundation, ForestAction Nepal and East –West Center. The meeting was attended by representative from various ...
