In Nepal, forest boundary surveying must be done before handing over a forest to a community. The present paper, upon analysing 160 community forestry Operational Plans (OPs) in the three hill districts of the country, a practice of making a forest map to be included in every OP exist wherein the use of chain and compass is the most commonly practised surveying technique. Such maps are prepared generally by joining the straight lines with little or no references. A significant variation in their properties such as survey methods, choice of a scale and forest blocking exists. Consequently maps thus prepared are less useful and informative. On the other hand, preparation of a huge number of CF maps for the on going forest hand over process, and also for up-dating the existing OPs. To meet this target there is a need of an alternative surveying technique having the potential to replace all surveying practices so far applied in CF. The present paper recommends to explore the potentiality of combining existing surveying system and remote sensing techniques in CF surveying in Nepal.