This Forestry Sector Strategy (FSS) is formulated to guide the development of Nepal's forestry sector for the period of 2016-2025 and to implement the Forest Policy 2015. The FSS aims to deliver five major outcomes ranging from sustainable production and supply of forest products; improvement of biodiversity, watersheds and ecosystem services; increased contribution to national economic development; inclusive and accountable forestry sector institutions and organizations to climate-resilient society and forest ecosystems. The FSS identifies seven key thematic areas which form the core area of the strategy. They are: 1. Managing Nepal 's Forests; 2. Managing ecosystems and conserving biodiversity; 3. Responding to climate change; 4. Managing watersheds; 5. Promoting enterprise and economic development; 6. Enhancing capacities, institutions and partnerships; 7. Managing and using forestry sector information.
The FSS seeks to contribute to food security. The purpose of the Thematic Area 4. Managing Watersheds is: to improve and restore watershed resources for sustainable productivity, environmental services (soil and water conservation and aesthetic value) and climate change resilience to enhance the livelihoods and food security of the people.
The FSS seeks to make forestry more productive and sustainable. The purpose of the Thematic Area 1. Managing Nepal 's Forests is: Sustainably manage and improve the productivity of Nepal's forests to enhance their contribution to local livelihoods and to national economy. The purpose of the Thematic Area 2. Managing Ecosystems and Conserving Biodiversity is: to conserve and sustainably manage Nepal's diverse flora, fauna and ecosystems and promote their scientific, socio-economic, recreational and cultural values. The priority actions of the Thematic Area 2 include: In-sito conservation and management of species and ecosystems; Ex-sito conserve and management of species; Controlling wildlife poaching and illegal wildlife trade; etc.
The FSS seeks to contribute to rural poverty reduction. The priority actions of the Thematic Area 1 include: 1. Expand community forestry using participatory land use planning; 2. Safeguard and strengthen the autonomous status of Community Forest Users Groups; 3. Recognize and include traditional and customary users and distant forest users in community forestry, particularly at high altitudes and in the Tarai; 4. Establish and support sub-groups within CFUGs for women, dalits, janajatis, adivasis, specific forest users, etc and provide capacity development support for them; 5. Encourage community-private partnerships for investment in forest-based enterprises at community level, including for ecotourism; 6. Expanding pro-poor leasehold forestry based on participatory land-use planning; etc.
The FSS seeks to enable more inclusive and efficient forestry systems through: 1. Supporting CFUGs and their networks to engage in commercial activities through mechanisms such as micro-credit/revolving funds, enterprises, income generation and land allocation; 2. Expanding collaborative forest management in the Tarai and inner Tarai in blocks of national forests; 3. Strengthening the provision of services and inputs for public land management groups with seeds/seedlings, seed money and technology; etc.
The FSS seeks to increase the resilience of livelihoods to disasters. The purpose of the Thematic Area 3. Responding to Climate Change is: to strengthen the climate resilience of people, communities, forests and ecosystems and contribute to mitigate global climate change through REDD+ approaches. The priority actions include: 1. Develop site-specific and need-based climate-resilient technologies and support their adaptation; 2. Promote ecosystem-based and community-based adaptation to climate resilience change; 3. Develop ground rules/regulations for accessing benefits from REDD+ climate mechanism; 4. Strengthen the REDD+ monitoring, measurement, reporting and verification system; etc.
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