Completed Projects

Support ForestAction’s Core Activities on Agriculture & Food
  • Period: 15/05/2019 – 15/05/2022
  • Financial Support: Thousand Current, USA

This project aims to promote agroecology in Nepal through policy research advocacy, capacity-building and technical support to smallholder farmers.

Assessment of conservation status of aquatic biodiversity in Karnali and Mahakali River Basins
  • Period: 01/12/2018 – 30/09/2019
  • Financial Support: DAI Global, LLC
Biodiversity impact evaluation of Hariyo Ban II livelihood intervention
  • Period: 13/02/2018 – 31/12/2019
  • Financial Support: USAID/CAMRIS International
Science based Interventions Reversing Negative Impacts of Invasive Plants in Nepal
  • Period: 01/01/2016 – 01/01/2019
  • Financial Support: DARWIN

The main objectives of the project: Building the knowledge base – filling gaps in botanical identification, appearance and characterization, Producing multi-lingual manuals on recognition and control of invasive plants, Informing and filling policy gaps for better management of invasive plants, Raising awareness of local people on identification of invasive plants and their impacts, Providing technical assistance to CFUGs in controlling invasive plants

Assessing forest-based livelihoods dependence and understanding the impact of forest investments on livelihoods
  • Period: 01/01/2015 – 31/12/2019
  • Financial Support: IFRI

The primary objective of this project is to analyze the three questions: What impact has been generated by specific types of forest interventions across different policy and governance contexts? Which forest interventions have resulted in more positive impacts and why? Where and under what conditions do forest interventions deliver positive impact?

Thinking Beyond REDD: Analyzing Smallholder’s Motivation and Action for Ecosystem Services Management(PECA II)
  • Period: 01/01/2016 – 31/12/2018
  • Financial Support: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

The main objectives of the project are a) How do small holders perceive and manage ES on their holdings and within the larger surrounding landscape? B) What motivations drive individual and collective action by small holders to maintain or invest in integrating ES management with food production and how might these actions be supported? C) What are the bureaucratic (i) policies, (ii)challenges and (iii)processes that the integration of ES with food production will face and how might they be addressed?