Two decades of community forestry in Nepal: What have we learned?
Two decades of community forestry in Nepal: What have we learned?
Two decades of community forestry in Nepal: What have we learned?
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<strong>Two</strong> <strong>decades</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>community</strong> <strong>forestry</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Nepal</strong>: <strong>What</strong> <strong>have</strong> <strong>we</strong> <strong>learned</strong>?<br />
failures, and tailor their activities accord<strong>in</strong>gly. Whilst plann<strong>in</strong>g and monitor<strong>in</strong>g has<br />
always broadly follo<strong>we</strong>d a logical framework, the system has become tighter over<br />
the years, with a system <strong>of</strong> outcome monitor<strong>in</strong>g (used by all SDC projects <strong>in</strong> <strong>Nepal</strong>)<br />
hav<strong>in</strong>g been practised s<strong>in</strong>ce 2008 (see SDC, 2008).<br />
Range post and CFUGs are work<strong>in</strong>g together to promote <strong>community</strong> <strong>forestry</strong><br />
NSCFP has evolved from an expatriate-managed project that channelled most<br />
<strong>of</strong> its fund<strong>in</strong>g through the Department <strong>of</strong> Forests, to a project that is managed by<br />
national staff and is channell<strong>in</strong>g fund<strong>in</strong>g through a variety <strong>of</strong> stakeholders – <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the ultimate benefi ciaries. The transfer <strong>of</strong> funds directly to CFUG level only<br />
became possible recently, once CFUGs had suffi cient <strong>in</strong>stitutional capacity. Thus<br />
mechanisms by which this can be optimised <strong>in</strong> the current political context – and <strong>in</strong><br />
the future - are <strong>in</strong> need <strong>of</strong> further test<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> more CFUGs. There are now more than<br />
1000 CFUGs that <strong>have</strong> capacity to manage not only forests but also fund and human<br />
resources by themselves. Many <strong>have</strong> established enterprises and generated<br />
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