A new article published in Journal of Zoology assesses the extent of the impact of recolonizing population of elephants on woody vegetation in Bardia National Park. The study also estimates individual tree species vulnerability to elephant impact and calculates simple predictions of their future presence in the forest.

A new study published in Landscape and Urban Planning explores key issues in the relationship between residents and Royal Bardia National Park in western Nepal. The paper discusses residents' conflicting perceptions of benefits and problems of the area, their perceptions of entities such as park management that affect their relationship with the park, and their perceptions of NGOs and associated conservation and development projects.

In a new article published in Biodiversity and Conservation, Helle Larsen and Carsten Olsen of Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning challenge common assumptions of commercial medicinal plant conservation and trade in central Himalaya.

A new article in Geoforum by Samantha Jones of Northumbria University explores how national policy has been mediated by emerging community forestry institutions to create different levels of resource access and benefit distribution both within and between local user groups. The study examines three diverse buffer zone community forests along Barandabhar Corridor within the Tiger Rhino Conservation Project (TRCP).

A new article by Dr. Christopher A. Thoms entitled 'Constituting forest communities in the hills of Nepal' published in The International Journal of Biodiversity Science and Management argues that current community forestry user group formation process exacerbates existing divisions within communities, leading to user group domination by local elites.