How do we manage community forests?

Nepal can reduce rural poverty, balance trade and earn foreign currency through sustainable forest management.

Nepal’s Community Forestry Programme (CFP) has achieved remarkable success in the restoration of forests that had depleted due to overgrazing, firewood collection, livestock forage and timber harvesting. The country nearly doubled its forest cover, reaching 46 percent of its land area in 2016 from 26 percent in 1992.