natural resources management Archive
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Expanding FSC Certification at Landscape-level through Incorporating Additional Eco-system Services
Posted on September 1, 2011 | No Comments© FSC Starting Date: September 2011 Ending Date: August 2015 Location: Global (Chile, Indonesia, Nepal, Vietnam). ANSAB is a partner for the Nepal portion. Donor(s): UNDP/Global Environmental Facility, Forest Stewardship Council (also Lead executor) Implementation Partner(s): CIFOR, RECOFTC, LEI, Pustanling-MOF ,WARSI, Tropical Forest Trust – in Indonesia; FSC... -
Community Based Forest Enterprises: Deo-dhunga Multiple Cooperative, Dolakha
Posted on March 17, 2011 | No Comments -
Community Entrepreneurship & Memorial Forest in Bajhang District
Posted on November 15, 2010 | 2 Comments -
Office launched to monitor REDD in Nepal
Posted on August 2, 2010 | No CommentsSource: The Himalayan Times, July 16, 2010. LALITPUR: The Project Management Unit (PMU), an office within the premises of the Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bio-resources (ANSAB), has been launched at a function in Kathmandu on “Friday. The PMU has been launched to coordinate and manage... -
Forest Certification – Steps Towards Sustainability
Posted on July 8, 2010 | No Comments -
Indigenous Sherpas & Bhitteri CFUGs
Posted on July 6, 2010 | No CommentsGrazing yaks on the pastureland of Boch VDC, Dolakha, is an indigenous practice of the sherpa ethnic group and has been such for generations. Grazing yaks is one of the main ways that the sherpalis earn their livelihoods. Yak owners believe that grazing yaks is... -
Mrs. Budamaya Tamang
Posted on July 2, 2010 | No CommentsThe Shankhadevi Community Forest Users Group (CFUG) began receiving support form ANSAB in 1998 and is now managing 301 hectares of sub-tropical and temperate forest in the Dolakha district of Nepal. This CFUG is the district’s pioneer in commercial harvesting of non-timber forest products (NTFPs),... -
Design and setting up of a governance and payment system for Nepal’s Community Forest Management under Reduced Emission from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) – Phase II
Posted on July 1, 2010 | 1 CommentStarting Date: July 2010 Ending Date: June 2012 Location: Dolakha, Gorkha and Chitwan Donor(s): Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) Implementation Partner(s): International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and Federation of Community Forestry Users, Nepal (FECOFUN) Budget: 10,478,591 NKr The main goal of the project is to set up a... -
In Search of Yarshagumba
Posted on July 14, 2009 | No Comments -
Baisakh's Community
Posted on July 7, 2009 | No CommentsEvery male child, adult, and elder of shree binayak pimi dada used to chop down a sapling (young tree) when celebrating Bishu Sakranti on Baisakh 1. In celebration, the community often neglected the importance of the saplings for both economic and conservation purposes. The celebration...