An agenda of Democratizing Forestry Sector in Nepal

Posted by Hemant Ojha | Sat, 2025-04-29 16:30 | Forest Management

As the country is heading towards major restructuring of political system and the state, I wonder if it is also a time to do fundamental rethinking of forestry sector in Nepal. As many would agree, democratic values and practices are important not only in political field, but also in all aspects of social and political life. This means Forestry field also deserves this attention. So should we initiate debate of transformation in forestry field at this time? I think this is a right time, assuming there will be an announcement of constituent assembly very soon. Since forestry sector, together with agriculture, is still the backbone of livelihoods of majority of the people, issues of democratization and inclusive governance in this sector are no less important than political democracy.

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