Promote
Tree Plantation, by Parmeshwar Devkota (rn
23/06/2024)
Nepal
has 45.31 percent forest cover (kh
27/05/2024)
2,174
hectares of forest destroyed in Baglung
wildfires (rep 24/05/2024)
Nepal's
Forests in Flames: Echoes of Urgency and Hopeful
Solutions, by Ayush Raj Gyawali (rep
16/04/2024)
Spectacular
Rhododendron bloom in Ghodepani (rn
30/03/2024)
Logs
worth millions of rupees are rotting in
community forests, but locals can’t buy them due
to legal hurdles : The prohibition on felling
shorea robusta trees has complicated the sale
process, even for those toppled by wind, old
age, or other disasters, by Biplab Maharjan
(kp 28/03/2024)
Community
forestry at a crossroads, by Rahul Karki (ae
19/03/2024)
Forest
fires are raging in Taplejung district : Amid a
lack of manpower, resources and challenging
terrain, many of these fires will subside only
after ravaging all, or with rainfall, say
stakeholders, by Ananda Gautam (kp
12/03/2024)
Untold
story of community forest program in Nepal,
by Uddhab Pyakurel (ae 13/02/2024)
Turning
Nepal's forests into fortune : Nepal is
committed to preserving forest coverage, but the
focus must be on effective implementation,
by Subash Pandey (kp 11/02/2024)
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) |