Improving community-level governance: adaptive learning and action in community forest user groups in Nepal.

This paper argues for the case of Adaptive Learning and Action (ALA) process to improve governance in CFUGs. Based on over ten years of experience of the Livelihoods & Forestry Programme (LFP) of the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) in Nepal, this paper presents how the adaptive learning process takes place, including improved planning and self-monitoring, and contributes to improved governance in CFUGs. It demonstrates that adaptive learning-based governance process in CFUGs has significantly contributed to improving the livelihood outcomes, equity and inclusion, and forest sustainability….

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Shrestha, R.B., Shrestha, S.L., Acharya, S.G. and Adhikari, S. 2009. Improving community-level governance: adaptive learning and action in community forest user groups in Nepal. Discussion Paper. ForestAction Nepal.