Current Forestry Projects in Nepal

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.

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.

Summary
REDD is a concept by which reduction of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation can be compensated through payment of carbon credits. For a country like Nepal, REDD implementation can bring about huge benefits to the national government and the local communities who are in lead of conserving the forests.

The five year project "Conservation and Sustainable Use of Wetlands in Nepal" (CSUWN) was officially signed in March 2007 between UNDP and Government of Nepal. The project is a unique collaboration of the GoN, GEF/UNDP and IUCN Nepal.

Landscape level conservation is a new paradigm in conservation arena crafted to address the issue of expanding human needs and their pressure on the ecosystem. In this initiation, conservation is extended beyond the boundary of protected area to cover larger landscape of different land-use patterns.