Dhangadhi
encouraging public to plant saplings in memory of their
loved ones : The sub-metropolis has been encouraging
citizens to participate in its tree plantation campaign
launched with the aim of greening the city, by Mohan
Budhair (kp 08/11/2023)
Federal
conditional grants to be invested for promotion of
agroforestry (ht 28/10/2023)
Local
units are at forefront of forest encroachment : All 88
local units in the Sudurpaschim Province have encroached
on forestlands to build offices, schools and other
infrastructures, forest officials say, by DR Pant
(kp 08/09/2023)
Unutilized
one billion rupees stuck in Forest Development Fund,
by Bhuwan Sharma (rep 18/08/2023)
Forest
Politics, Policy, and People, by Sagar Pahari (rep
06/08/2023)
Insufficient
supply of timber leading to outflow of millions of
rupees in import from foreign countries (rep
16/07/2023)
Gorkha
Forest Office distributing 90,000 tree saplings for free
(kh 11/07/2023)
As
many as 157,000 saplings planted (kh 30/06/2023)
How
do we manage community forests? Nepal can reduce rural
poverty, balance trade and earn foreign currency through
sustainable forest management, by Bijesh Mishra (kp
28/06/2023)
Citizen
Monitoring For Forest Management, by Samapika Gautam
(rn 12/06/2023)
Community
Forestry Shows Sound Results, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
30/05/2023)
Forests
in flames : Dealing with the crisis calls for a
multi-level approach, starting with ethical and sensible
handling of forests (kp 15/05/2023)
Forests
and climate change : Discussions on how and if forests
will adapt to climate change is practically non-existent
in Nepal, by Aditya Acharya (kp 05/03/2023)
Reviving
Nepal’s community forestry success story : After
restoring forest cover, Nepal should now prioritise
harvesting and regeneration of forests to raise living
standards, by Hemant Ojha (nt 13/01/2023)
Police
recover over 4000 kg red sandalwood in Sindhupalcowk
(kh 11/01/2023)
Insights
And Qualms Of Conservationists, by Deepak
Gyawali (sp 30/12/2022) [book review]
We
have but one living planet. Let’s protect it,
by Ritu Koshi (ae 26/12/2022)
Dhankuta
exports timber worth more than 500 million
(kh 24/12/2022)
Wildfire
remains key challenge to forest management (kh
23/12/2022)
Kailali
is losing its forests rapidly to various projects :
Encroachment has increased markedly over the past six
years, by DR Pant (kp 17/12/2022)
Prospects
Of Agroforestry In Nepal, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
20/09/2022)
Nearly
700 Sal trees dry up suspiciously in Chitwan National
Park : Officials admit the park has failed to
investigate the issue and manage dried up trees, by
Shankar Acharya (kp 01/09/2022)
Buffer
zone residents in Kanchanpur accused of deliberately
killing Sal trees : Forest officials say locals peel the
bark off and harm the roots to kill the trees and are
also involved in timber smuggling, by Bhawani Bhatta
(kp 20/08/2022)
Restoring
landscape with bamboo : In contrast to natural forests,
bamboo forests have the highest capability for ground
water recharging, by Dipti Baral (kp 06/08/2022
Chepang
and their Chiuri : The accelerated destruction of native
tree species has imperilled local traditions, culture
and way of life, by Bhadra Sharma (nt 05/08/2022)
Rhododendron
saplings planted in Sarangkot hill (kh 31/07/2022)
Trees
are drying up in Dhankuta forests, bewildering locals :
Trees, mostly chir pines locally called Khote Salla,
growing in around five hectares of forest land have
dried up, according to the division forest office in
Dhankuta, by Ramesh Chandra Adhikari (kp 11/07/2022)
Taplejung
people attracted to private forestry (kh 11/07/2022)
Collaborative
forests nurture 350,000 saplings for plantation (kh
01/07/2022)
Teenjure-Milke-Jaljale
losing rhododendron forests : Construction of roads,
transmission lines and infrastructures, rampant use of
forest products and overgrazing are threat to
rhododendron conservation, by Chandra Karki (kp
13/06/2022)
Deforestation
for development leading to environmental degradation :
Trees are being cut down indiscriminately in large
numbers in the name of physical infrastructure
development or to accommodate the growing number of
human settlements, stakeholders say, by Madhav
Aryal, Durgalal KC and Birendra KC (kp 11/06/2022)
Forest
cover may have increased but agricultural land is
shrinking : Farmlands have shrunk by 2.1 percentage
points with the expansion of built-up area from 2000 to
2019, latest data suggest, by Pawan Pandey (kp
25/04/2022)
Timber
smuggling resumes in Sarlahi : Felling and smuggling of
trees go unchecked due to the lack of effective
patrolling in the forest areas, by Om Prakash Thakur
(kp 06/04/2022)
Communities
know their forests best : Community forestry has been a
global success story for Nepal, none more so than those
in the buffer zone of the country’s many national parks,
by Mukesh Pokhrel (rec 07/03/2022)
Encroachment,
deforestation shrink forest cover : Land mafia and
timber smugglers claiming stakes on forest resources has
led to the loss of forest area in Kanchanpur and Kailali
districts, by DR Pant, Mohan Budhaair and Bhawani
Bhatta (kp 29/01/2022)
Sustainable
forest management: Way to mitigate climate change
effects, by Ghanashyam Khanal (ht 31/12/2021)
Protect
forests : Instead of allowing the people to build houses
in the forest areas, they can be leased under the
leasehold policy (ht 16/12/2021)
Nepal
to end deforestation by 2030 (kh 18/11/2021)
Timber
smuggling unchecked in Sarlahi : Around 120 cubic feet
wood recovered from Janakinagar collaborative forest in
Sarlahi over the past few month, by Om Prakash
Thakur (kp 15/11/2021)
Nepal's
capital of trees at the crossroads: Save the botanical
heritage, by Lila Nath Sharma and Rahul Karki (ht
03/11/2021)
Permission
granted to cut around 7,000 trees for upgrading
Mugling-Pokhara road (ht 23/10/2021)
Join
a caravan and plant a tree on your birthday (kh
11/10/2021)
Community
Forestry: An Effective Avenue to Respond to COVID-19,
by Khem Lal Bishwakarma (rep 07/10/2021)
Right
trees for right seasons in Kathmandu : Besides
beautifying the city, selecting correct species has
ecological benefits and reduces road hazard, by
Meena Bohara (nt 17/09/2021)
Alternative
use of community forests, by Yubaraj Kandel (mar
09/09/2021)
Dakhakwadi
residents struggle to keep sandalwood smugglers at bay :
More than a dozen sandalwood trees were stolen from the
Pyuthan village in the past six months, by Shamsher
Bikram GC (kp 31/08/2021)
Deforestation
intensified in Rautahat (ht 20/08/2021)
Timber
worth millions missing from Kapilvastu community forest,
by Manoj Paudel (kp 16/08/2021)
Ten
thousand tree saplings planted in Sunsari (kh
23/07/2021)
Drone
cameras being used to monitor forest (kh 04/06/2021)
Community
forest user groups lambast government for not addressing
concerns : They had hoped the government would resolve
their outstanding issues of tax and PAN through new
budget, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 04/06/2021)
Division
Forest Office in Rautahat facing difficulties evicting
encroachers from forest area : Forest officials say
their attempts to remove the encroachers failed in the
past as they are backed by political parties, by
Shiva Puri (kp 02/05/2021)
Forest
officials in Udayapur raise flag on Chure conservation :
Population burst and urbanisation adversely affecting
forest cover, conservationists say, by Dilliram
Khatiwada (kp 29/04/2021)
Wildfire
at 47 community forests destroy 1200 hectares forest in
Myagdi (rep 07/04/2021)
The
World Bank provides loans and grant for a sustainable
forest management in Nepal (sp 02/04/2021)
Rainfall
brings some respite from pollution but threat of more
wildfires remains : With the rain, the number of
wildfires came down to 59, air quality index to 42
from a high of 334, and visibility went up to
7,000 metres from 1,000 metres, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 02/04/2021)
Controlling
forest fires in Nepal, by Anisha Bidari (ae
01/04/2021)
Bushfires
rage in 2,000-hectare forest, smoke blankets Nawalpur
(ht 27/03/2021), Rising
Wildfire Incidents Call For Effective Response, by
Shiv Kumar Kashi and Nayak Paudel (rn 27/03/2021), Wildfire
grips Rautahat forest, life hit adversely (ht
28/03/2021), Division
Forest Office in Myagdi unable to control wildfires,
by Ghanshyam Khadka (kp 29/03/2021)
Restoring
forest requires local action, by Ananta Bhandari
(rep 21/03/2021)
Forest
experts call for an alternative to Scientific Forest
Management Work Procedure (ht 12/03/2021)
Nepal
must save Nijgad Forest to receive climate funds :
Clear-cutting the last native forest in the eastern
Tarai violates climate commitments by Nepal and its
partners, by Kashish Das Shrestha (kp 12/03/2021)
Bardiya
villagers build huts in community forest in hopes of
getting land deeds : More than a dozen huts have been
set up inside Jaya Kusumba Devi Community Forest in
Gulariya after the formation of Land Problems Resolution
Commission last March, by Kamal Panthi (kp
24/02/2021)
Timber
smugglers attack forest guards (ht 04/02/2021)
Official
ban on felling and sales of timber gives rise to
smuggling of wood in Kanchanpur, by Bhawani Bhatta
(kp 28/01/2021)
Wildfire
burns 700 hectares of forest cover in Manang, by
Aash Gurung (kp 14/01/2021)
Five
bighas of forest land encroached in Bardibas, Mahottari
: The encroahers are working in collusion with the
forest officials, forest consumer committee, and
Bardibas Municipality, local residents say, by
Sunita Baral (kp 26/12/2020)
Research
centre coming up at the birthplace of community forest
movement : The centre in Thokarpa is expected to
establish itself as an important assembly point for
researchers to learn from the past and work on ways to
manage forest resources sustainably., by Anish
Tiwari (kp 18/11/2020)
Around
150,000 cubic feet timber rotting in community forests :
The logs were left in the forests as the federal
government decided to ban the logging, collection
and sale of timber nationwide, by Dilliram Khatiwada
(kp 07/11/2020)
वनको
वैज्ञानिक व्यवस्थापन : अध्यक्षलाई पत्र, by Suman
Bhattarai (nag 21/10/2020)
Musahar
people and police clash over forest logging, by
Santoh Singh (kp 11/09/2020)
Smugglers
in Dadeldhura haphazardly fell trees on pretext of
constructing road : Smugglers, in collusion with forest
officials and local political leaders, have been
smuggling timber from the Aalital area for a long time,
locals say, by D.R. Pant (kp 06/09/2020)
Forest
fires down across country this year, says study,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 02/09/2020)
Timber
collection ban discourages user groups from continuing
conservation : Due to restrictions, community forest
users are in trouble and they have lost their valuable
source of income, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
23/08/2020)
Ban
on timber trade since May has left logs worth millions
decaying: The ban has led to a shortage of timber in
Sudurpaschim Province while consumers are forced to pay
exorbitant prices, by Mohan Budhaair (kp 17/08/2020)
Encroachment
of forest land rife in Kailali (ht 06/08/2020)
Three
panels probing irregularities in forest management
(ht 24/07/2020)
COVID-19
and Family Private Forestry, by Bijaya Raj Paudyal
(kh 18/07/2020)
Post-COVID-19
Employment In Forestry Sector, by Hari Prasad Pandey
and Ganesh Paudel (rn 19/06/2020)
As
new fiscal year draws near, government’s plan to plant
50million tree saplings in 2019-20 is nowhere near its
target: Government officials are confident about meeting
the plantation target but they are not willing to bet on
the survival of the plants, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 06/06/2020) [As always,
empty words from the Oli government!]
Community
forest users’ groups decry continuation of heavy taxes:
The budget exempted the 15 percent tax levied by the
federal government, but the taxes by local and
provincial governments remain unchanged, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 04/06/2020)
A
community forest in Palpa smuggling timber during
lockdown: Three persons, including chairman of the
forest consumers’ committee, have been arrested for
investigation, by Madhab Aryal (kp 02/06/2020)
Timber
smuggling rampant in Bara (ht 24/05/2020)
Over
Four Thousand Trees To Be Chopped For Nijgadh
International Airport Approach Road (rn 11/05/2020),
Proposal
to cut down trees for NIA to be tabled before Cabinet
(ht 11/05/2020)
Illegal
Tree Felling And Timber Smuggling Rife During Lockdown
In Sarlahi (rn 27/04/2020)
Forest
office in Udayapur bans entry to forest areas to keep a
check on illegal activities during the lockdown: The
office took the decision in the wake of increased
incidents of bushfires, trees felling, smuggling of
woods and hunting of wild animals across the country,
by Dilliram Khatiwada (kp 18/04/2020)
Wood
smuggling, wildlife poaching cases up (ht
17/04/2020)
Wildfire,
poaching and tree felling go unchecked in forests of
Morang and Mahottari: Forest officials claim that the
poachers sparked wildfires to trap the wildlife, by
Binod Bhandari and Sunita Baral (kp 13/04/2020), Lockdown
a boon for timber smugglers, by Laxman Ghimire (rep
13/04/2020)
Around
200 Khayar trees cut down in Tripurasundari, Dhading:
Smugglers have cut down trees taking advantage of
nationwide lockdown, locals say, by Harihar Singh
Rathour (kp 12/04/2020)
Timber
smugglers are entering Nawalparasi forest taking
advantage of lockdown: As many as 65 trees were felled
in the past few days in Nawalparasi (East), forest
officials say, by Narayan Sharma (kp 05/04/2020)
Bamboo
becomes source of income for locals of Tikapur, by
Yogesh Rawal (rep 21/03/2020)
Fire
lines formed to protect community forest in Rautahat:
Sundar Prasad Sharma, under-secretary at the Department
of Forest and Soil Conservation, said that the country
since 2005 has been losing some 200,000 hectares of
forest area annually, by Shiva Puri (kp 08/03/2020)
Locals
start returning encroached forest land in Bardiya: Many
farmers in the rural municipality have converted the
forest land into agricultural fields, by Thakur
Singh Tharu (kp 29/02/2020)
Locals
prevent Gorkha Municipality from dumping garbage in
Hattigauda: The municipality has been using the forest
area in Hattigauda as a dumping site without proper
disposal system, which has led to waste pollution in the
forest, say locals. by Hariram Upreti (kp
26/02/2020)
Construction
of industrial area in Dudejhari forest could be
disastrous for wild animals: Conservationists fear that
construction of the industrial area in Dudejhari forest
in Kailali district will destroy the natural
biodiversity corridor used by the wildlife, by Mohan
Budhaair (kp 23/02/2020)
Illegal
logging worries Kanchanpur locals: Forest officials
suspect smugglers are exporting timber from Bramhadev to
India using the Kalla Masetti route, by Bhawani
Bhatta (kp 22/02/2020)
Community
forest in Godawari Municipality being encroached upon,
by Pushparaj Joshi (rep 21/02/2020)
Depleting
rhododendron forests raise alarm: Ministry of Forests
and Environment launches five-year action plan to
conserve rhododendron species, by Chandra Karki (kp
19/02/2020)
Community
forests in Bardiya encroached upon by squatters, local
consumers: According to the Forest Act 1993, it is
illegal to build infrastructures on forestland. But
encroachers have been building structures in Bardiya’s
forests for years now, by Kamal Pantzhi (kp
16/02/2020)
How
many trees needed to make way for Nijgadh? Ministry
orders fresh count to settle issue: The Environment and
Social Impact Assessment report only provided an
estimate, new survey will provide exact number,
officials say, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
07/02/2020)
Dadheldhura
locals complain of “haphazard deforestation”: The
District Forest Office has taken no action to control
deforestation, say locals, by D.R. Pant (kp
05/02/2020)
Scientific
forest management in a community forest helps locals of
Shitaganga Municipality become self-employed: 270
individuals of 32 families in Bhangala have found
employment in the community forest, by Birendra KC
(kp 04/02/2020)
Tree
felling drive courts controversy in Parbat: Kushma
Municipality had decided to cut down trees, arguing that
jungles had increased risks of wildlife in the
settlement areas, by Agandhr Tiwari (kp 03/02/2020)
Deforestation
rampant in Kailali, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep
03/02/2020)
Thousands
of hectares of char kose jungle land have been
encroached upon in Morang over decades: In Laxmimarga
alone, about 600 houses have been built on unauthorised
land, according to local town management committee,
by Binod Bhandari (kp 02/02/2020)
Haphazard
construction of infrastructure in community forests
affects ecosystem in Jhapa: Community forest committees
seem to be focusing more on earning by adding artificial
beauty without paying attention to the environmental
aspects, by Arjun Rajbanshi (kp 30/01/2020)
Project
developers need to plant in areas with limited forest
cover while compensating felling of trees for projects:
All kinds of developers need to plant 10 saplings trees
against cutting down of a tree at project sites as
government strives to extend forest cover at local
levels with zero forest area, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 22/01/2020)
Construction
of martyrs’ park in Surkhet resumes after disputes:
Local residents are dissatisfied with the decision to
build a park in the forest, by Jyoti Katuwal (kp
16/01/2020)
Members
of community forest group obstruct felling trees in
Butwal-Narayangadh road expansion project citing
ownership issue: The federal Ministry of Forest and
Environment had granted permission to cut down 46, 294
trees along the section to make it a four-lane street in
November last year, by Narayan Sharma (kp
08/01/2020)
SC
continues interim order halting felling of trees in
Nijgadh (ht 23/12/2019)
We
have too many pines and it’s not a good thing: Pine
trees might have helped repopulate the country’s barren
mid-hills but they could also have led to springs drying
up and reduced vegetational diversity, by Tsering
Ngodup Lama (kp 21/12/2019), An
unwise decision to plant pine tress is parching the
land: The Nepal-Australia Forestry Project did achieve
its objective of increasing Nepal’s green cover, but
jeopardised the people's livelihood (kp 23/12/2019)
Community
forest users launch protests in Udayapur against taxes:
Protesters demand the government change its policy on
the forests conserved by consumers, by Dilliram
Khatiwada (kp 17/12/2019)
27,000
trees cut during fast track construction (ht
17/12/2019)
A
community forest in Bardiya attracts tourists: Every
day, an average of 50 to 100 tourists arrive in the
forest to catch glimpses of rhinos and tigers, by
Kamal Panthi (kp 15/12/2019)
SC
stays centre’s decision to bring Province 2 forest under
its domain; National forest projects under provincial
govt: Petitioner, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 12/12/2019)
Provincial
government spends huge budget on tree plantation
programmes but fails to bear fruit: The provincial
government has plans to distribute and plant tree
saplings in 12 districts of the province, except in
Jhapa and Panchthar, by Deo Narayan Sah (kp
10/12/2019)
Scientific
forest management plan launched in Bhojpur (ht
05/12/2019)
Excessive
resin extraction in Kailali forests is killing trees:
According to directives, only 3kgs of resin can be
extracted from mature trees but contractors are
extracting more than the stated amount and that too from
young trees (kp 28/11/2019)
Butaha
residents initiate afforestation drive to control
erosion: To expand forest cover, some locals have even
donated their land to plant trees, by Thakur Singh
Tharu (kp 28/11/2019)
E-rickshaw
drivers caught smuggling firewood in Chandrapur: The
number of e-rickshaws has risen dramatically, pushing
its drivers to look for new income sources, by Shiva
Puri (kp 27/11/2019)
Province
2 takes centre to court over Forest Act (ht
19/11/2019)
Sainamaina
Municipality in Rupandehi starts patrolling forests to
control illegal activities: To control smuggling of
forest products and wildlife parts, the unit has imposed
a ban on people entering the forests, by Amrita
Anmol (kp 14/11/2019)
Forest
ministry allows cutting 46,294 trees to expand
Butwal-Narayangadh section: The expansion work was on
hold over the issue of cutting trees, by Narayan
Sharma (kp 14/11/2019)
Saplings
planted in front of Nepal Army headquarters and City
Office wither: Botanists say city is planting saplings
on as if they are planting trees in forests that don’t
need much care, by Anup Ojha (kp 13/11/2019)
FECOFUN
concerned over some provisions in new Forest Act (ht
10/11/2019)
Laligurans
locals object to infrastructure constructed in forests
without permission: According to FECOFUN, authorities
cannot construct infrastructure in forestlands owned by
communities, by Chandra Karki (kp 07/11/2019)
Forest
user groups distribute cooking gas cylinders, stoves to
prevent logging: Forest committees have spent around Rs
500,000 to distribute gas cylinders and stoves to 100
families. The amount was managed with the income of the
community forests, by Biplab Maharjan (kp
23/10/2019)
Chure
deforestation goes unabated amid lack of monitoring,
by Mithilesh Yadav (rep 22/10/2019)
Felling
trees for ‘scientific management of forest’ alarms
locals, by Anil Bhandari (rep 21/10/2019)
Tree
issue puts Butwal-Narayangadh road expansion on hold: A
fresh assessment before project’s launch showed the
number of trees to be cut at 50,352, up from 9,027,
by Ghanshyam Gautam (kp 17/10/2019)
Federation
of Community Forestry Users Nepal protesting against
government’s tax policy: The Kavre chapter of FECOFUN
submitted a memorandum to federal Finance Minister Yuba
Raj Khatiwada a few weeks ago to reconsider the
government’s tax policy on community forests nationwide,
by Nagendra Adhikari (kp 06/10/2019)
Deforestation
unchecked in Kalinchok area of Dolakha: Authorities
concerned have failed to take any strong measures to
control deforestation in various community forests,
locals say, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 15/09/2019)
Tree-mendous:
Community management and outmigration have helped Nepal
double its forest area in 25 years, by Peter Gill
(nt 13/09/2019)
Government
amends forest clearance guideline: Now project
developers need to plant 10 trees for cutting one
(ht 08/09/2019)
Chairman,
secretary of Paldevi Community Forest held on charge of
illegal logging and timber smuggling: Around 100 green
Saal trees amounting to 3,000 cubic feet were cut down
in Paldevi Community Forest one and a half months ago,
by Narayan Sharma (kp 06/09/2019)
7,500
trees felled for forest management (ht 01/09/2019)
Raksirang
Rural Municipality in Makwanpur works towards conserving
chiuri trees: Conservation of chiuri forests stands to
benefit the environment as well as the Chepang community,
by Pratap Bista (kp 26/08/2019)
Forest
encroachment in the name of flood victims, by Arjun
Oli (rep 25/08/2019)
New
forest bill addresses community forest user groups’
concerns: House panel; Sub-divisional forest offices to
be established in all the local levels, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 18/08/2019), New
bill stipulates special provisions for national forest
conservation (ht 21/08/2019)
Tree
plantation drive launched to recover encroached
forestland: Rs 2.7 million was spent to plant 22,000
trees sapling, by Bhusan Yadav (kp 15/08/2019)s (kp
15/08/2019)
Around
100 Saal trees cut down in Nawalparasi: Ward chairman
and community forest representatives at large over
collusion allegations, by Narayan Sharma (kp
13/08/2019)
Forest
officials start tree plantation on encroached
forestland: Houses and huts built in the area were
demolished to plant saplings, by Sunita Baral (kp
29/07/2019)
The
cost of peace in post-conflict countries: forest cover,
by Dilrukshi Handunnetti (nt 19/07/2019)
Community
forest users despair over heavy taxation: Locals
involved in forest conservation say communities will
stop looking after forests if all three levels of
government impose taxes on them, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 12/07/2019)
Govt
decision to impose 90% tax on community forests draws
flak (rep 09/07/2019)
New
Forest Bill: Opportunity for transformation, by Lok
Man Sapkota and Shambhu Prasad Dhangal (ht 08/07/2019)
Underground
water table drops due to deforestation, by
Ghanashyam Gautam, Manoj Paudel and Nabin Paudel (kp
05/07/2019)
Kailali
district losing swathes of forest cover to encroachment:
Flood-displaced families are settling illegally in the
Chure forest area, according to officials, by Mohan
Mudhaair (kp 04/07/2019)
Forest
Bill is faulty and it raises questions over ownership:
Experts; The bill is a reflection of how the country’s
bureaucracy still functions from the centralised
mindset, they say, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
01/07/2019)
Government’s
ambitious tree plantation drive kicks off: Minister for
Forest and Environment aims to plant at least 40
millions trees by next year, but experts say focus
should be on saving the saplings, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 30/06/2019)
Ratuwamai
Afforestation Project calls on local units to stop
forest encroachment, by Arjun Rajbanshi (kp
19/06/2019)
Community-managed
forests reduce deforestation and poverty: Study, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 06/06/2019)
Taking
back forests from community users is curtailing their
rights, activists say: The new forest bill retains the
controversial provision that can retract community
forest from user groups, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
28/05/2019)
Forest
officials demolish illegal structures built on
encroached forestland in Kapilvastu, by Manoj Paudel
(kp 26/05/2019)
Wildfires
affect 40 percent of Kailali’s forest cover in 10 days,
by Mohan Budhaair (kp 21/05/2019)
Chure
forest in Sindhuli encroached, by Raj Kumar Karki
(kp 19/05/2019)
Thriving
tourism in Namuna community forest benefits many local
residents, by Nabin Poudel (kp 19/05/2019)
Hundreds
of sal trees cut down in Chure area in the past month
alone, by Madhav Aryal (kp 16/05/2019)
New
bill calls for armed forest guards (ht 11/05/2019)
1,309.4
hectares of forest land encroached in Sunsari, by
Amar Khadka (rep 11/05/2019)
Dadeldhura,
once covered with forests, is gradually losing trees:
Today, 35 percent of the Mahabharat range and 40 percent
of the Chure belt have either been denuded or encroached
upon in the district, by Pant (kp 10/05/2019)
Wildfires
are
biggest threat to tens of thousands hectares of forest
cover: Some 200,000 hectares of forest area lost
annually since 2005, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
30/04/2019)
Timber
worth Rs 20 million being extracted from a village in
Rukum, by Lokendra Khanal (rep 20/04/2019)
Timber
logs worth millions seized from Chure region in the past
45 days, by Om Prakash Thakur (kp 07/04/2019)
Government
to
plant 50m trees next fiscal year:‘Year of Plantation’
will focus on maintaing forest coverage and
sustainable management , by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
23/03/2019)
Law
amended to ease acquisition of forest land, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 12/03/2019)
Timber
smuggling rife in forests of Chure Range, by Om
Prakash Thakur (kp 07/03/2019)
Community
forests face 65% tax burden (rep 13/02/2019)
Govt
initiates community-based project to conserve forests in
eastern Nepal, by Ram Saran Tamang (rep 31/01/2019)
Timber
smuggling rampant (ht 22/01/2019)
Tourism
boom abets deforestation and encroachment in Kalinchowk,
by Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 10/01/2019)
Who
now owns Nepal’s forests? Forest area has nearly doubled
in the past 40 years, raising new questions about who
should manage it under Nepal’s new federal structure,
by Sonia Awale (nt 04/01/2019)
Conservationists
hail success of Parsa-Chitwan bio-corridor, by
Shankar Acharya (kp 05/12/2018)
Kailali:
Encroachers usurp over 1,400 sq km forest land, by
Arjun Shah(kp 18/11/2018)
Nearly
2,000 ha of forest area encroached in Banke district
(kp 29/10/2018)
Trees
yet to be planted to replenish those felled (kp
28/10/2018)
Forests
being encroached (ht 28/10/2018)
Nijgadh-Kathmandu
Expressway:
Mismanagement leaves felled trees in limbo; The logs
have started decaying after it was hit by the
incessant rain during the monsoon, by Laxmi
Sah (kp 28/10/2018)
Illegal
settlers grab 3,709 hectares of Forest Ministry land in
Makwanpur, by Pratap Bista (kp 24/10/2018)
More
than 26,000 trees felled in Udayapur over three years
(ht 12/10/2018)
Nexus
between officials, smugglers abetting deforestation,
by Arjun Oli (rep 18/09/2018)
763,480
trees to be cut for Nijgadh airport (ht 16/09/2018),
Reforestation
criteria not ready yet (rep 17/09/2018)
Salleri
forest ‘dying’ due to excessive resin collection, by
Pushkar Bhandari (rep 15/08/2018)
Through
the forest: It is now time to review and reimagine the
role of forests in sustainable development, by
Hemant R. Ojha (kp 13/08/2018)
Future
of
forests in federalism: We should follow ‘devolve but
don’t dissolve’ principle while formulating community
forestry policies in federal Nepal, by Ganesh Paudel
and Prabin Bhusal (rep 11/08/2018)
Tree
of Life: Push for growth at the expense of the
environment is nothing but extreme short-sightedness,
by Deepak Thapa (kp 09/08/2018)
Locals
obstruct forest clearance for Upper Karnali Hydropower
Project, by Govinda KC (rep 08/08/2018)
Encroachment
of forest continues unabated, by Amar Khadka (rep
01/08/2018)
Illegal
logging on the rise in Kailali, by Mohan Budhair (kp
27/07/2018)
Municipality
aims to be free of banned pesticides, by Bhim
Chapagain (rep 21/07/2018)
Forgetting
forests:
Our policies have failed to appreciate the fact that
forests are renewable resources and they can be restored
after mature trees are harvested, by Govinda Paudel
(rep 19/07/2018)
Forest
sub-divisions more powerful than local governments
(ht 19/07/2018)
Interim
order to stop chopping trees (rep 18/07/2018)
[related to Pokhara]
Forest
encroachment goes unabated in Ilam, by Bhim
Chapagain (rep 17/07/2018)
Failing
the forests: We must save trees, by Girish Pant (ht
12/07/2018)
Economics
of
climate change: We need to study how collective action
in community-managed forests impacts measures of forest
quality, by Jayash Paudel (rep 08/07/2018)
Forest
land
continues to shrink 'for resettlement': Flood and
landslide victims who have been living in the land of
community forests lament that the government does not
think of permanent solution for them, by Nagendra
Upadhyaya (rep 30/06/2018)
CNP
authorities helpless as forest gets encroached (ht
05/06/2018)
Study:
46,000ha of forest cover stripped between 2001 and 2016
(kp 04/06/2018)
Wildfires
burn more than 500ha of forestland in Salyan (kp
24/052018)
Trees
worth Rs 10m ‘illegally cut down’ in Morang forest,
by Dev Narayan Sah (kp 16/05/2018)
Forests
for prosperity: It is ironic that Nepal has to import
timber when nearly half the area has forest cover,
by Yubakdhoj GC (kp 29/04/2018)
Scientific
Forest Management begins in Dolakha, by Rajendra
Manandhar (kp 22/04/2018)
1,500
ha forestland encroached in Jajarkot, by Bhim
Bahadur Singh (kp 22/04/2018)
Forest
fires at BNP at big risk of going out of control
(rep 20/04/2018)
Municipal
office refuses to hand over seized timbers’ (kp
17/04/2018)
Ranger
accused of colluding with smugglers (ht 16/04/2018)
Forest
destroyed in road expansion drive (ht 06/04/2018)
Trees
being felled rampantly in community forests (kp
29/03/2018)
Fire
destroys thousands of hectares of forest, by
Maheshwor Chamling Rai (rep 26/03/2018)
Wildfire
destroys a dozen community forests in Dhankuta (ht
25/03/2018)
Bhangala
prospers on forest wealth, by Birendra KC (kp
23/03/2018)
993ha
forestland encroached in Siraha (kp 22/03/2018)
Missing
forests:
Proper collaboration and coordination among relevant
stakeholders are a must to preserve forests and promote
tree plantation, by Shankar Adhikari (rep
22/03/2018)
Forests
for life: Forest restoration is more than about just
planting trees, it entails restoring a whole landscape,
by Ananta Ram Bhandari (kp 21/03/2018)
Forests
in Morang being managed scientifically (ht
17/03/2018)
Protecting
community forest from smugglers a new challenge in
Nepalgunj, by Arjun Oli (rep 05/03/2018)
Illegal
settlers occupy more than 25,000ha forest land in
Kailali, by DR Panta (kp 13/02/2018)
Spy
cams
vital in park security plan: Park authority says the spy
cams have bolstered their firewall against
poachers and loggers with six timber smugglers caught in
the past eight months, by Shankar Acharya (kp
29/01/2018)
Politicians
flout
rules to build road: Under the direction of political
leaders, 471 trees have been felled so far to link
Dhansar Bridge with Jungle-shaiya, by Pawan Yadav
(kp 28/01/2018)
203
hectare forest land encroached upon in Jhapa: 90 hectare
land has been encroached upon by organisations (ht
28/01/2018)
New
nat’l forest policy to empower local govts to combat
climate change (kp 22/01/2018)
6,000ha
of forest encroached upon (kp 12/01/2018)
Forest
encroachment rampant along Hulaki highway, by
Tekendra Basyal (rep 18/12/2017)
Draft
national forest policy draws flak (ht 22/11/2017)
New
policy to ensure at least 10pc forest cover, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 13/11/2017)
Nepal
gearing up to draft agroforestry policy: If adopted, it
will be second country in the world to have such
framework (kp 05/11/2017)
Ease
rules relating to use of family forest products: AFFON (ht
05/10/2017)
Forests
fuelling progress: Community forestry could
significantly contribute to the achievement of SDGs,
by Aditya Acharya (kp 12/09/2017)
Tree
plantation drive in Dhangadi (ht 06/08/2017)
IBN
tells Forest Ministry to grant forest clearance (kp
03/08/2017), IBN
decides to provide forest land on lease, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 03/08/2017) [???]
98
pc
target met on forest conservation: Kathmandu DFO had set
the target of tree plantation in 0.5 hectares of land
(ht 28/07/2017) [??]
Vast
swathes
of forest encroached upon by ‘landless’, by DR Panta
(kp 26/07/2017)
2.4m
trees
need to be cut down for Nijgadh airport, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 25/07/2017)
Former
forest encroachers now conservationists, by Nagendra
Upadhyaya (rep 18/07/2017)
Forest
resource
conservation stressed (kp 16/07/2017)
2,200
trees
planted in Changunarayan forest (ht 16/07/2017)
23,000
saplings
planted under Army’s Go Green Campaign (kp 13/07/2017)
Transfer
of
forest management rights protested (ht 09/07/2017)
Acquiring
forest
a stumbling block for Upper Karnali, by Rudra Pangeni (rep
06/07/2017), Forest
clearance
issue to be taken to Cabinet, by Bibek Subedi (kp
07/07/2017)
Government
eases
procedure for use of forest land (kp 03/06/2017), Maps
of
forested areas prepared (ht 03/06/2017)
Rampant
deforestation threatens community forests in Kailali,
by Yogesh Rawal (rep 31/05/2017)
Efforts
being
made to promote urban forestry (ht 22/05/2017)
Forest
management:
Trees marching uphill, by Krishna Babu Shrestha (ht
22/05/2017)
New
guidelines
on forest land clearance issued, by Bibek Subedi (kp
18/05/2017)
Community
forests:
Villagers hit as govt fails to renew licence, by
Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 03/05/2017)
2,700
ha
of forestland grabbed in Rautahat (kp 28/04/2017)
Forest
staff
linked in timber smuggling case (kp 14/04/2017)
5,000
ha
of forest land encroached upon in Nawalparasi, by
Narayan Sharma and Pratap Bista (kp 11/04/2017)
Only
67
groups of trained firefighters for 19,000 community
forests in Nepal (ht 22/03/2017)
Nepal’s
REDD+
readiness: There’s hope for a positive shift in our
forestry sector funding from a grant-based to a
performance-based approach, by Ananta Bhandari (kp
21/03/2017)
Harvested
to
extinction: Villagers become migrant workers after
emptying forest of herbs, by Basanta Pratap Singh
(kp 10/03/2017)
Forest
owners demand hassle-free supply of products (rep
09/03/2017)
Govt
transfers
over 14k ha of nat’l forest to CFUGs, by Samipa
Khanal (kp 06/03/2017)
Trees
or
electricity? Hydropower development is being slowed down
by irrelevant environmental policies, by Hari
Krishna Uprety (kp 01/03/2017) [??]
Khayar
tree
logging rife in Khotang VDC (kp 24/02/2017)
First
national
workshop on forest conservation begins (ht
20/02/2017)
Move
over,
men: Women should be included in decision-making roles
in the management of forests, by Basundhara
Bhattarai (kp 19/02/2017)
40
per
cent forest ranger posts to get solar-powered lights
(ht 19/02/2017)
Encroachment
takes
toll on forests in the West Political parties accused of
protecting illegal settlers from eviction, by Amrita
Anamol (kp 18/02/2017)
National
silviculture
workshop in the offing (ht 17/02/2017)
Pine
trees
vanishing from Doti forests: Smuggling rife in the
district, say villagers, by Mohan Shahi (kp
29/01/2017)
Tree
felling
rampant in Saptari (kp 29/01/2017)
Unregular
resin
extraction: Jajarkot pine forests under threat, by
Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 24/01/2017)
Govt
lacks
policies to promote urban forestry (kp 23/01/2017)
Timber
smuggling
rife at Nepal-India border in Banke (kp 14/01/2017)
Forest
land
registered in individuals’ names illegally in Rautahat
(ht 03/01/2017)
Deforestation
up
in Kavre in the name of quake victims, by Nagendra
Adhikari (kp 01/01/2017)
311
cu
ft timber seized, 2 held for investigation (kp
29/12/2016)
Dhading
forest authority ‘unaware’ of illegal logging, by
Harihar Singh Rathour (kp 24/12/2016)
6,200
ha
forestland encroached upon, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp
20/12/2016)
50pc
timber
products in market imported (ht 14/12/2016)
Saal
timber
smuggling rampant in Rautahat (ht 09/12/2016)
DG
appointments
violate group based promotion system in forestry (ht
29/11/2016)
Forest
encroachment on the rise in Rautahat, by Madan
Thakur (rep 19/11/2016)
DFO
campaign
to control timber smuggling, by Manoj Poudel (kp
16/11/2016)
Forest
minister
issues 29-point directive (ht 20/10/2016)
Committee
set
up to regulate timber import (kp 18/10/2016)
Go
local: If we want to manage the landless-induced forest
conflicts, we need to involve and incentivize landless
communities, by Prabin Bhusal (rep 03/10/2016)
Rampant
timber smuggling going unchecked, by Upendra Yadav
(rep 26/09/2016)
NEA
Dhading
chief detained at forest office (kp 22/09/2016)
27,000
ha
forest land encroached upon (kp 17/09/2016)
Neglected
woodlands:
Family forests have made a significant contribution to
forest and nature conservation, by Jog Raj Giri and
Barsha Parajuli (kp 13/09/2016)
556
hectares
of forest land encroached in Salyan (kp 11/09/2016)
Illegal
saw
mills selling timber openly (ht 09/09/2016)
Scientific
forest
management: For resource utilisation, by Diwakar
Sapkota (ht 08/09/2016)
Help
them grow: The theory of ‘Himalayan Environmental
Degradation’ that was popular duing 1970s had predicted
that Nepal would lose all its forests by 2000, by
Ganesh Paudel and Reeti Acharya (rep 08/09/2016)
Taskforce
to
collect data on forest encroachment (kp 31/08/2016)
Ease
timber
supply for reconstruction, says Bhandari (ht
29/08/2016)
HPV
immunisation
for 26,000 girls (ht 26/08/2016)
Growing
interest
in private forestry, by Manoj Paudel (kp 26/08/2016)
Conflict
in
the place of origin of community forestry (ht
26/08/2016)
Govt
to
celebrate four decades of conservation (kp
09/08/2016)
New
DFO
taking quick initiatives to combat deforestation (ht
08/08/2016)
DFO,
five
staffers face music for felling trees (ht
04/08/2016)
Over
80
per cent of timber imported from foreign countries
(ht 20/06/2016)
Forest
users
make a pitch for sustainability (kp 01/06/2016)
Large
volume
of seized timbers rotting away, by Shiva Puri (kp
27/05/2016)
Mahendranagar
grapples
with rampant encroachment (kp 15/05/2016)
Fanned
up
flames: Nepal may be a global leader in community
forestry but it has a long way to go to fight forest
fires, by Navin Singh Khadka (kp 13/05/2016)
Forest
staffers
helping boulder smugglers (ht 12/05/2016)
Agro-forestry
in
Nepal Multiple benefits, by Diwakar Sapkota (kp
12/05/2016)
Dispute
affects
implementation of forest management programme (ht
06/05/2016)
Consumers
are
the ones guilty of setting jungles ablaze (ht
06/05/2016)
Forest
office
seeks help to evict illegal settlers, by Madhav
Aryal (ht 05/05/2016)
100,000
ha
forest burnt in Far West (kp 03/05/2016)
Deep
roots:
Though Chir pine was planted with a noble objective,
little did people know about its fatal consequences,
by Anustha Shrestha (kp 01/05/2016)
Fire
destroys
300 ha forest in Bhaktapur (kp 27/04/2016)
Post-quake
rebuilding:
Local forest bodies told to supply timber (kp
27/04/2016)
Forest
encroachment
rampant, by Tekendra Deuba (ht 10/04/2016)
Forest
authorities
concerned by government’s logging decision: Forest
authorities in the quake-affected districts say allowing
community forest users’ groups to collect timber could
lead to forest resources misuse (kp 06/04/2016)
Doti,
Dadeldhura
losing their pine forests to resin extraction, by DR
Panta and Mohan Shahi (kp 05/03/2016)
Ministry
told
to simplify forest land acquisition, by Bibak Subedi
(kp 04/04/2016)
Forest
officials
charged with timber smuggling, by Laxmi Sah (kp
03/04/2016)
Scientific
forestry:
Sustainable forest management in community forests is
bearing its first fruits, by Pragati Shahi (kp
03/04/2016)
Forest
rules
for development projects may be eased, by Rudra
Pangeni (rep 02/04/2016)
First
wood
day kicks off: Stakeholders champion for more awareness
on the importance of sustainable forest management
(kp 22/03/2016)
Women
in
the woods: Nepal has a long way to go with regard to
achieving gender equality goals in forestry, by
Bhawana Upadhyay (kp 21/03/2016)
Doubtful
prognosis:
The FRA project should have verified its findings with
publicly available data, by Uttam B. Shrestha and
Hemant R. Ojha (kp 18/03/2016)
Over
470
forests up in flames in last one week: On an average 59
forest fires occur every day, by Arjun Poudel (rep
17/03/2016), Over
500
forest fires have broken out this year: Taplejung
authorities struggling with wildfire that started last
week (kp 19/03/2016)
SAARC
mini
summit: Nepal seeks to spread community forestry
programme across SAsia, by Anil Giri and Lal Prasad
Sharma (kp 16/03/2016), Nepal
proposes
to gift its community forest programme to SAARC
countires, by Lekhanath Pandey and Bharat Koirala
(ht 16/03/2016), Matter
of
satisfaction (ht 17/03/2016)
Conservation
measures:
Delimit forest boundary: DoF (kp 16/03/2016)
Encroachment
rife
in Jajarkot: 500 huts built in forest land, by Bhim
Bahadur Singh (kp 13/03/2016)
Seeing
both
forest and trees: Gains in community forestry have come
in handy during post-earthquake reconstruction, by
Om Astha Rai (nt 11/03/2016)
AFFON
urges
government to help in private forestry development
(kp 08/03/2016)
Over
dozen
trees felled illegally in Banke National Park in a month,
by Damodar Bhandari (ht 05/03/2016)
Community
forests
thriving in Banke, Dang and Bardiya (kp 03/03/2016)
350
ha
forest land grabbed in Bardiya, by Kamal Panthi (kp
23/02/2016)
Healthy
greens:
Forest use in Nepal is directly linked with food and
energy needs of rural residents, particularly the poor,
by Jayash Paudel (rep 22/02/2016)
Tree
felling
in Sunsari rampant, by Bedraj Paudel (kp 21/02/2016)
Shifting
donor
priorities: International commitment to community
forestry in Nepal has sadly fizzled out, by
Ghanshyam Pandey (kp 17/02/2016)
Unabated
encroachment
of land in Chitwan area puts forest at risk (ht
11/02/2016)
Logs
worth
millions stranded in forests (ht 09/02/2016)
Smuggling
of
timber rampant in Rautahat (ht 07/02/2016)
Reconstruction
delay
endangers forests, by Arjun Poudel (rep 06/02/2016)
Forest
encroached
in Jhapa: Forest officers say various religious groups
have con-structed temples and mon-asteries on forestland
without permission (kp 27/01/2016)
Timber
smuggling
rampant during Tarai protest, by Bhusan Yadav (kp
19/01/2016)
Pristine
pine
forests in Jajarkot dying out (ht 14/01/2016)
Beyond
the
trees: Forests for human security should be the theme in
all practices of forest governance, by Hemant Ojha
and Jagannath Adhikari (kp 10/01/2016)
Fuel
shortage
takes toll on forests: Deforestation on rise both in
Hills and the Tarai as families, businesses rely heavily
on firewood, by Bedraj Paudel, Bharat Jarghamagar
and Chandra Karki (kp 09/01/2016)
Timber
smuggling
goes unchecked, by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp
08/01/2016)
Call
to
promote private forestry for prosperity: Though the
Forest Act 1993 mentions private forestry promotion,
there has not been adequate legal policies and
programmes (kp 07/01/2016)
Forest
encroachment
rampant in Jajarkot (ht 31/12/2015)
Community
forests
in Parbat allow locals to collect firewood, by
Agandhar Tiwari (kp 27/11/2015)
Smuggling
of
timber on rise (kp 19/11/2015), Smuggling
of
timber goes unchecked in Parsa, by Shankar Acharya
(kp 22/11/2015)
Firewood
demand
on rise (kp 18/10/2015)
Green
shield:
Protecting Nepal’s forests is equally, if not more, in
India’s interest too, by Navin Singh Khadka (kp
16/10/2015)
Timber
smuggling
on the rise in Rautahat district (ht 16/10/2015)
Good
governance,
equity sharing key to forest management: Report (kp
15/10/2015)
FECOFUN
calls
for access to firewood (kp 09/10/2015)
Ensure
proper
energy use: Govt (kp 03/10/2015)
Forest
encroachment
goes unchecked in Bardiya, by Kamal Panthi (kp
25/09/2015)
Illegal
logging
goes up in protest-hit Tarai districts, by Pragati
Shahi (kp 23/09/2015)
Permit
regulation
lifted on private forest timber trade: The fifth amendment
of the Forest Regulation Act 1995 gives private forest
owners a free rein to sell timber and non-timber products
(kp 22/09/2015)
Timber
smuggling
on rise in Parsa, by Bhusan Yadav (kp 13/09/2015)
Govt
prepares
forest mgmt plan for federal setup (kp 04/09/2015)
‘Curbing
smuggling
of forest products poses challenge’ (ht 24/08/2015)
Dedicated
panel
to implement forest policy (kp 25/07/2015)
Lost
in
the jungle: Foreign-funded forestry programmes have led to
more trees but marginalised the poor, by Chun Bahadur
Gurung (kp 21/07/2015)
Collaborative
forest
mgmt approach scientific, say users, by Amrita Anmol
(kp 19/07/2015)
Chure
deforestation
causes water crisis in Dadeldhura (ht 07/07/2015)
Forest
products
smuggling rampant in Chure range (ht 26/06/2015)
Forests
face
encroachment threat: Experts say natural resource is first
victim during political upheavals and natural disasters,
by Pragati Shahi (kp 30/05/2015)
Old
trees
and new saplings: Letting them live, by Sachi Mulmi
(kp 24/04/2015)
Timber
smuggling
up in Udayapur forest (ht 20/04/2015)
Forest
lands
continue to shrink: Report (kp 19/04/2015)
Felling,
smuggling
of trees on the rise in Sunsari forest, by Pradip
Menyangbo (kp 10/04/2015)
Forests
and
climate change: Global imperative concern, by Deepika
Pandey (ht 08/04/2015)
Timber
smuggling
rife in Rautahat (ht 19/03/2015)
Resin
extraction
threatens pine forests in Far West (kp 08/03/2015)
Forest
encroachment
rampant in Sindhuli (ht 08/03/2015)
Green
battalions:
Retired army personnel, many of whom leave for work
abroad, could instead be encouraged to work in
reforestation projects at home, by Weena Pun (kp
07o/03/2015)
Alleged
irregularities
at 40 community forests (kp 06/03/2015)
Forestry
users
told to resolve Chure conservation issues through talks
(kp 21/02/2015)
Strengthen
forest
tenure to enhance livelihoods: Experts (ht 14/02/2015)
Timber
worth
millions rotting away in Bajura (ht 13/02/2015)
Another
chance:
Department of Forests should demonstrate how ample
construction timber can be produced through scientific
forest management, by Jagadish Chandra Baral (rep
05/02/2015)
Wildfire
rages
in community forest (ht 22/01/2015)
DFO
for
turning community forests into protected forests, by
Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 15/01/2015)
Chitwan
forests
see turnaround, at a cost, by Ramesh Kumar Poudel (rep
14/01/2015)
Rampant
resin
extraction threatens pine forests, by Madhav Aryal (kp
10/01/2015)
Scientific
Forest Management, by Ganesh Paudel (rn 09/01/2015)
Forest
users
drip river water from bottle to irrigate plants (kp
03/01/2015) |