| Time | Change | Function |
| Before 1927 | No administrative Forest Offices | Distribution of Lands for Farming |
| 1927 | Establishment of Kathmahal | To supply Railway sleepers To India. |
| 1939 | Establishment of” Eastern Wing and Western Wing” | To manage the supply of sleepers to India and collection of Revenue. |
| 1942 | Establishment of DFO with “3 circles and 12 Banjanch” | To control and manage the forest administration |
| 1951 | Establishment of 2 circles and 44 Ranges covering the Terai areas. Establishment of IOF |
To control and manage the forest administration in Terai. Production of Skilled manpower inside the country |
| 1957 | Nationalization of Forests. |
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| 1959 | Establishment of Ministry of Forest (MOF) | To cover forest activities nationwide. |
| 1960 | MOF was abandoned (lack of staff). CCF office was established with 7 circles and 22 Divisions. | To collect revenue to the country. External assistance started. |
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1961 |
Establishment of TCN |
To utilize timber from resettlement areas. Protection oriented laws were enabled (1961,1967,1970), power to forest staff, women became users, corruption. |
| 1962 | Working plans were prepared for some Terai districts. | To start planning processes in forest activities. |
| 1966
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Establishment of “Fuelwood Corporation.”
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To supply fuelwood to Katmandu.
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| 1967 | Formulation of especial Forest protection act | To enable the forest conservation & protection activities. DFO became policing and Lawyer.
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| 1968 | Establishment of 14 circles and 75 DFOs (but failed due to lack of trained manpower.) Establishment of 7 circles, 22 divisions and “Pradhan Ban Karyala”. |
To coincide with other administrative structures. To strengthen the organization with available manpower. |
| 1970 | Formulation of Forest production rules. | To restrict, control and collect the revenue. |
| 1976 | Publish of National Forestry Plan. (9 circles and 40 Divisions covering 75 districts). |
To implement the forestry activities nationwide on a planned basis. |
| 1978 | Promulgation of Community Forestry Rules | To involve the local people in the management of Forest. |
| 1982 | Decentralization Act. | To empower the local level administration. |
| 1983-88 | Establishment of 5 Regional Directorates (MFSC) and 75 DFO offices. | To match with decentralization Act. |
| 1989 | Master Plan For Forestry sector was made. | To improve the policy of Forestry sector. |
| 1993 | 5 Regional Directorates (MFSC) and 74 DFOS. Huge reduction in central organization. |
To reduce central control. But reduce whole forestry programs.
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| 1993 | New Forest Act. | To handover the national forest to the adjoining forest users for accountable management. |
| 1995 | Forest Bylaws | To launch the forest management programs according to the Forest act 1993. Complete power to Forest user group for decision-making. HMG stood as the facilitator in CF programs. |
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1998 |
Forest Bylaws |
To launch the forest management programs according to the Forest act 1993. Complete power to Forest user group for decision-making but legal provision to contribute 40% of CF income as the government treasure. |
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