This manual is based on the research project “Enhancing livelihoods from improved forest management in Nepal” or the EnLiFT2 Project (http://enliftnepal.org/). EnLiFT2 Project (ACIAR FST/2017/037) is the second phase of the EnLiFT (ACIAR Project FST/2011/076) and is funded by the Australian Centre of International Agricultural Research. EnLiFT2 commenced in 2018 and is a collaboration between the University of Adelaide, the University of New South Wales, the Department of Forests and Soil Conservation, the Forest Research and Training Center (Government of Nepal), Forest Action Nepal, Nepal Agroforestry Foundation, and RECOFTC Nepal.