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NSCFP (Nepal Swiss Community Forestry Project)
Description
Forests are crucial component of farming systems and rural people's livelihoods in the hills of Nepal. In the framework of Nepal’s Community Forestry policy, NSCFP supports the institutional and financial development of Community Forest User Groups (CFUGs). These groups, which comprise households using a particular, defined forest area, are entrusted by the Government of Nepal to manage the forest for both subsistence and commercial purposes, based on an agreed management plan. The project covers three hill districts of Nepal (Dolakha, Ramechhap and Okhaldunga), and works with over 900 CFUGs. In this sixth and last phase, NSCFP aims to capitalise on the accumulated experiences and learning of community forestry and transfer this knowledge more widely. The thrust is two-pronged, on the one hand consolidating support for CFUGs and thus improving the livelihoods of disadvantaged people (particularly women and those suffering discrimination on the basis of caste, class or ethnicity), and on the other hand intensifying efforts to support the evolution of more democratic and inclusive pro-poor policies in the forestry sector.
Local partner: Government of Nepal, local NGOs, private sector, civil society, local resource persons
Fact sheet
Type: Trust fund project
Start: 1990
End: 2011
Status: Current
Region: South Asia
Country: Nepal
Working domain: Natural Resource Management
Key topic: Rural entrepreneurship and business services | Local governance | Self-help groups and CBOs | Development, processing and trade of NTFP | Silviculture and management of natural tropical forests | Forest policy, legislation and sector governance | Conflict management on common properties | Gender awareness building | Rural livelihoods and poverty | Capacity building
Funding source: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Staff
Project responsible: Bharat Pokharel
Responsible at Delegation/Representation: Bharat Pokharel
Responsible at Head Office: Jane Carter
Advisors, programme officers: | Jane Carter | Robert Berlin
Contact
Address:
Nepal Swiss Community Forestry Project
NSCFP
c/o Swiss Development Cooperation
Ekanta Kuna, Jawalakhel
P.O. Box 113
NP Kathmandu
Phone: ++977 1 555 17 02 Fax: ++977 1 555 17 01
E-Mail: adm@nscfp.org.np
Resp. for this entry: jcarter
