This half-day workshop was held on September 8, 2004, intending to share the findings of research on livelihood changes of people in the rural areas of Mid-Western Nepal over last thirty years. John Cameron from the School of Development Studies at the University of East Anglia presented the findings of his research. He also introduced the concept of deliberation as a potential theory and practice to promote equitable and just social systems. Total 25 participants, including leaders of political parties, policy makers of government organizations, university lecturers, students and NGO activists, took part in the workshop.
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A National Seminar on Management of Common Property Resources and Equity: Exploring Lessons from Nepal
A one-day seminar, conducted jointly by ForestAction and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) on the management of common property resources and equity was organized and held with the objective of documenting case studies incorporating evidences, lessons and insights to facilitate the mainstreaming of equity and poverty concerns in the management of common property resources, especially those in community forestry and farmer management irrigation systems, rangeland management and watershed management. Thirteen papers were presented on different aspects of common property resources, including seven case studies. The proceedings of the seminar have also been published in February 2004.
Training on Self-Monitoring Systems at Community Based Organizations
Organized by ForestAction in collaboration with ERI, this five-day long training was held in Dhulikhel, Kavre. The purpose of the training was to orient participants on the concepts, approaches, and processes of self-monitoring as well as to provide tools to facilitate self-monitoring systems at community level institutions. Participatory Resource Inventory in Community Forestry Training ForestAction Nepal designed and facilitated this training for the development of the skills of the participants in carrying out community forest inventory studies, through an introduction and discussion of the current issues as well as the concepts, approaches and processes of community forest inventory
Training on Community Based NTFP Management
The training was held for 8 days in December 2002. This training was designed to orient the participants, both foresters and non-foresters, on the concepts, approaches and processes of NTFP management, providing the participants with practical tools to manage NTFPs at the community level. Forest Rights and Livelihoods Training The Forest Rights and Livelihoods Training was launched in order to raise the awareness of participants on multiple aspects of community forest management policies. This training oriented the participants on the concepts, approaches and processes of community forestry so as to increase their ability to claim for rights and responsibilities by forest users.
Workshop on Forest Inventory
In response to a need perceived by the Center for Agro-Ecology and Development (CAED) in its experiences with forest user groups, NGOs and CBOs, CAED and ForestAction jointly developed this workshop for the creation of a space in which it would be possible to discuss the issues surrounding community forest inventory and share experiences with the intention of promoting a critical understanding of the issue among key stakeholders.
A National Conference on Management of Common Property Resources and Equity
A three-day conference on management of common property resources and equity has been planned to conduct in collaboration with different organizations. The main objective of the conference was to document case studies incorporating evidences, lessons and insights to facilitate mainstreaming of equity and poverty concerns in the management of CPR, namely community forestry and farmer managed irrigation systems.
National Workshop on Learning from Community Forestry
This workshop was supported and developed with the collaborative efforts of ForestAction, Nepal’s Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation (MoFSC), and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). With over 100 participants from diverse backgrounds, including government, NGOs, Forest User Groups, development projects and international organizations, the workshop was host to a deliberation on five interrelated themes of Community Forestry: Governance, Adaptive Management, Gender and Equity, Livelihoods, and Forest Sustainability. Held in both plenary and small-scale workshop settings, participants identified future strategic directions to strengthen Community Forestry in Nepal, focusing on enhancing the equity impact of the programme.
Community Based Adaptive Learning in Management of Conflicts and Natural Resources in Bangladesh and Nepal (CALCNR)
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.
Analyzing the investment effects of forest rights devolution
The main objectives of the project are to 1.Conduct research on three key dimensions of investment in CF enterprises a) legal/ regulatory barriers on investment b) Non regulatory aspects of investment c) equity outcomes of different modalities of investment. 2. Communication and policy engagement 3.Building capacity for increased investment in CF.
Research on Community Forestry and Pro-Poor Climate Policy in Nepal, Round 2
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.
Study Tour on Community Forest, Wetland and Protected Area Co- Management in Nepal
The project intends to: 1. Help understand the government officials, development professionals and CSO leaders on the evolution of policy and practice for forest and wetland protected area co-management in Nepal 2. Help understand the visiting team on the evolution of policy and practice for community forestry in Nepal, good practices, lessons and challenges; 3. Foster relation between ForestAction and Winrock International, Bangladesh.
Migration and gendered landscapes: Adding a gender dimension to CIFOR’s research on mobility
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.