LFP’s programming began in April 2001, building upon the experience and lessons learnt from the Nepal UK Community Forestry Programme (NUKCFP). LFP differs from NUKCFP in many ways, principally in the fact that LFP was designed using approaches for sustainable livelihoods.

LFP and its implementing partners work directly with more than 4,000 User's Groups (UGs) and other natural resource management groups, covering more than 460 thousand households (i.e. 11% of total national households). On average, LFP covers 60% of the population in its programme districts. LFP operates in 15 districts of Nepal:

• Eastern Koshi Hills: Dhankuta, Terhathum, Sankhuwasabha, and Bhojpur
• Western Dhaulagiri hills: Baglung, Parbat, Myagdi
• Terai Lumbini zone: Nawalparasi, Kapilvastu, and Rupandehi
• Mid-Western Rapti zone: Rukum, Rolpa, Salyan, Pyuthan, and Dang.

LFP’s key programme-wide activities include: capacity- building of GoN institutions, forest users, managers and other service providers; targeted activities for the poor and excluded groups (e.g. income generating activities, enterprise development and small-scale infrastructure); livelihood diversification; and sustainable natural resource management (i.e. active forest management, improved public land management, soil conservation and watershed management, private forestry, and promotion of alternative energy technologies).

Biodiversity Sector Programme for Siwaliks and Terai (BISEP-ST) is a programme of Ministry of Forest and Soil conservation (MFSC) funded by the Netherlands government and managed by the SNV Nepal. The programme goal is to work towards self-sustaining forestry sector in Terai, Inner Terai and Siwaliks for bio-diversity conservation and equitable economic development.

The programme is implemented in the eight districts of the Terai and inner Terai of Nepal. Along with the support in the national economy, this programme has directly benefited 44, 00,000 people with the management of 5, 00,000 Hectare Forest land in eight districts.

Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) program has been initiated from 2001 and is being jointly implemented by the Department of Forests (DoF) and Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC) of Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation (MFSC) and WWF Nepal Program in collaboration with the local communities and NGOs.

Goal of TAL is to "conserve the biodiversity, forests, soils and watersheds of the Terai and Churia hills in order to ensure the ecological, economic and socio-cultural integrity of the region."

Spread over 49,500 sq km, linking 11 transboundary protected areas across Nepal and India, TAL is home to flagship species like the Asiatic wild elephants, rhinos, and tigers. In Nepal, TAL encompasses 23,129 sq km of 14 districts including 75 percent of the remaining forests of lowland Nepal including Churia hills and four protected areas. This landscape has the second largest population of rhinos and one of the highest density of tiger populations in the world. A WWF recognized Global 200 ecoregion, TAL covers three Ramsar sites and two World Heritage Sites. TAL was prioritized by HMG/N as a priority program in the 10th Plan (2002-2007).