Sarita Kumari Lama

International Fellow from Nepal

World Forestry Center

4033 SW Canyon Road

Portland, OR 97221

October 21, 2015

China

Chure/Siwalik Hills and Terai (< 3,000 ft.) Land: 17%

Population: 50%

India

High Hills/Mountains (10,000 – 29,000 ft.) Land: 15%

Population: 7%

Mid Hills (3,000 -10,000 ft.) Land: 68%

Population: 43%

Birth Place

Home place

Area : 57,000 square miles

(Land: 97% and Water : 3%)

Length : 550 miles

Average width: 125 miles

Five Regions and 75 Districts

Mt Everest

125 caste or ethnic groups

123 languages spoken as mother tongue

Rich in Biodiversity

• 18 ecosystems

• 75 vegetation types

• 35 forest types

Working districts for forestry development

Involved for other livehood development program

Research related to forestry and livelihood

Evaluation of leasehold forestry program

Work Place:

Multi-stakeholder Forestry Program

Organization: Environment, Culture, Agriculture Research and Development Society Nepal/ECARDS Nepal)

Nepal Swiss Community Forestry Program (Ranger, Forest Development Assistant, Officer)

Nepal UK Community Forestry Program (Ranger in District Forest Office)

Awareness raising Facilitation support for forest management and institutional

development of the groups and stakeholdersManagement and leading of forestry program

Seedling Production

9Dandapakhar, Sindhupalchowk in 2010

Deenuded hill of Dandapakhar in 1975

Community Forestry Before 1980’s: all forests were protected by the Government

(People’s access less, but deforestation rate was very high)

After 1980’s: started to handover to the communities to conserve, restore, manage and

utilize forests o Conservation of the natural resources especially increase in forest cover, and

o Poverty reduction through the active involvement and participation of the local people.

Globally acclaimed and acknowledged innovation in participatory environmental

governance.

10

Nepal’s deforestation rate is reported to be about 1.7% per

year (especially in frontier hills)

Issues and Challenges

Natural Resource Management Strategies

Forest for Recreation: hiking, picnic, biking, climbing

Soil Conservation Practices: erosion control by using plants and other barriers

Watershed Management Practices: River buffer zones, reservoir management

Wildlife protection through Endanger Species List Act (Federal)

Lessons from PNW

Silvicultural Practices:

Selective harvesting and thinning

Practice of leaving snags and nurse logs after harvesting

Forest Rotation:

Large/Commercial Scale Seedling Production (Seed Collection)

Mandatory Replanting Laws

Non-Timber/Wood Forest Management:

Collection of Raw Material

Finding and utilizing alternative forest products (essential oils, candles)

Cooperative – aggregate product under shared brand – better market access

Urban Forest Management:

Understanding the positive value of green spaces in cities, and

including them in urban planning (esthetical beauty, urban wildlife

habitat)

Involvement:

Organizations (Govt. Non-Govt. Institutes)

No. of networks

Associations

Companies

Advocacy groups

Volunteers

Policy making Educational program Watch dog

o Use of modern technologieso Effective communicationo Awareness/Realization/Accountable

Biggest Challenge:

Fire Management

Disease in Trees/Forest

Climate Change: Droughts

Application

How???• Education• Network/Association (make technical and management group active)• Implementation of Chure Conservation and Management • Implement demonstration forests to teach the public on different

management practices

What??• Conservation (forest, soil, water, wildlife and fish)• Silvicultural practices (leaving nurse logs , some old trees and some

leaf-litters, snags)• Commercial Forest Management (plantation rotation)• Urban and roadside plantations• Non-Timber Forest Products management in Cooperatives –

aggregate product under shared brand – better market access for all

• Political turmoil

• People management

• Uses of practical technical

skill in the field

• Funds

Comments and Questions??

Thank You!!!