The project will address knowledge gaps between community management of natural resources, local adaptation innovations and national policy debates over climate change and conflict, through four focal areas: 1. Enhancing understanding and generating evidence on community institutions and how they perform over issues of NR conflicts (including identification of factors underlying any switches between co-operation and conflict); 2.Examining the impacts of climate change induced bio-physical changes on human-NR interactions, and how far this exacerbates any natural resource conflicts; 3. Analysing how and to what extent the mainstream and new (climate change responsive) policies favour or disfavour minimising conflicts and facilitate co-operation in NR management; and 4. Developing adaptive learning frameworks for managing climate induced conflicts and enhancing cooperation through testing these among existing CBO networks.

The main objectives of the project are listed below: 1. Analysis of existing and newly collected socio-economic and forestry data using appropriate and state-of-art econometric methods 2.Focus group discussion on the key areas of opportunity and concerns with CBFM and future implications of REDD on them 3. Choice experiment that utilizes hypothetical scenario that offer CFUGs and non-CF members the opportunity to consider REDD in the future.

The main objectives of the project is a) Identify and examine the extent of privately-owned land being ‘underutilized’ and/or ‘abandoned’ in forested landscapes. b) Explore the degree, patterns and mechanisms of migrations’ contribution to such land use change. c) Examine either these observed changes are empowering or disempowering for ‘women who are left behind. d) Suggest policy, institutional configuration and intervention-related options for facilitating the empowerment of women.

The main objectives of the project is to provide technical support to Karnali agriculture and food concern group and other Fastenopfer partners on agricultural issues.