The Kanchenjunga landscape of Nepal lies on the southern side of the Kanchenjunga mountain and shares a border with India. The Panchthar-Ilam-Taplejung Corridor of Nepal forms a contiguous forest connected to the Singalila National Park in India and harbours an important corridor for Red Panda and other wildlife. An important transboundary landscape, the Kangchenjunga region also has rich floral diversity.
READ MOREThe regional REDD+ Himalaya Initiative of ICIMOD has been looking for opportunities to introduce sustainable forest management in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region. Forest-dependent communities already manage much of the forest here, so the introduction of sustainable forest management is a feasible option.
READ MOREVanmauk, a small village of 244 households located in Yatsauk Township of Shan State, Myanmar, provides a unique example of sustainable livelihood along with optimal resource utilization and conservation. Vanmauk is surrounded by a natural mixed deciduous forest which plays an important role in sustaining the village livelihood. The forest is within the Naung watershed, conserving and storing water for domestic purposes for the entire village. “We used to collect firewood from the forest two years ago but now restrict cutting trees here since the forest is our sole supplier of water,” said U Naing, a village representative. The forest is now under the protection of the forest department and the villagers engage in very little firewood collection from this area. Buddhism and traditional beliefs have been intriguing factors contributing to the conservation of forests and their resources in most of the villages in Myanmar.
READ MOREHtay was part of a team of Myanmar delegates to visit scientifically and sustainably managed community forests in Nepal in July 2017. The visit had an impact on Htay, who is now trying to implement lessons learned from the experience in Nepal in his own village and its surrounding forests.
READ MOREFor over six years, scientific approaches have guided sustainable forest management in Nepal. Kapilvastu and Nawalparasi are two of 40 districts in Nepal where sustainable forest management is currently practised. This system includes the application of silviculture systems and the principles of forestry science,
READ MOREIn the state of Mizoram in India, an acre of land is capable of producing turmeric worth as much as INR 150,000. Turmeric farmers currently rely on shifting cultivation to farm the precious crop, but with support, they would like to transition to permanent cultivation of turmeric on fertile terraces manured by cow dung.
READ MOREThe National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) has been working in Nepal since 1982. For over two decades, the autonomous non-profit organization has implemented more than 200 projects on nature conservation, ecotourism, sustainable development, and biodiversity, as well as cultural heritage protection in Nepal. Much of this work has focused within the national parks in Chitwan and Parsa.
READ MOREDolakha district is home to 422 community forestry user groups (CFUGs) and a majority of its forested area is comprised of community forests. From 2009 to 2013, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Plus (REDD+) implemented its pilot project on designing and setting up a governance and payment system for Nepal’s community forest management under REDD+ here.
READ MOREThe REDD Implementation Centre (RIC), a body of the Nepal Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation (MoFSC), is responsible for the development and implementation of REDD readiness activities. It is currently piloting emission reduction measures in 12 districts of the Terai Arc Landscape (TAL). As the middle hills and high mountains of eastern Nepal also have potential for the implementation of REDD+, the RIC now seeks to expand REDD preparedness activities to the districts of Ilam and Panchthar.
READ MOREThe REDD+ initiative has been working to build the capacities of resource persons in the area, and the newly formed REDD+ working group. It works with the Federation of Community Forestry Users, Nepal (FECOFUN), ICIMOD, and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB).
READ MOREA 12-15 year old rhino who survived more than two weeks after poachers riddled the bull with bullets succumbed to his injuries 6 September. The bull was brought to Chitwan National Park (CNP) on 21 August from a community forest in Rautahat after poachers failed to get away with his horn. Rhinos are classified as a rare and endangered species.
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