नेपालमा कुल जनसंख्या २ करोड ६६ लाखको ८३ प्रतिशत जनता ग्रामीण क्षेत्रमा र ५० प्रतिशत जनता तराईमा बसोबास गरेका छन् । उक्त जनसंख्याको २५.१६ प्रतिशत जनता गरीविको रेखामुनि रहेको अवस्था छ भने २.१ प्रतिशत जनता बेरोजगार रहेका छन् । नेपाल भूपरिविष्ठित मुलुक भएकोले जग्गामा आधारित जीवन जिउने आधार तथा आय आर्जनका कार्यहरु परम्परागत रुपमा यहाँका जनताहरु गर्दै आएका छन् ।

WWF, Nepal government and other agencies recently received a three-year grant from the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) to address the central Churia range’s problems related to degraded land—usually land that is poorly managed, or damaged by floods and landslides.

“The project will help address what has become a ‘tragedy of the commons’ situation in Nepal,” said Shubash Lohani, deputy director of the WWF-US Eastern Himalayas Program. “It, too, is a testament to the importance of this region to the ecological and economic well-being of Nepal.”