Introducing pro-poor small-scale forest enterprises for women , such as growing cardamom and other high-value , low-maintenance crops on the forest floors , helps address gender equity while hosting Policy Labs helps reform regulations to favour community-based , market-oriented management . Policy Lab participants include national and district government officials and Federation of Community Forest Users Nepal members .
Our collaboration
Krishna Shrestha is partnering on the project , funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research ( ACIAR ), with :
> The Government of Nepal ’ s Forest Research and Training
Centre and Department of Forest and Soil Conservation > ForestAction Nepal > The Nepal Agroforestry Foundation > Centre for Forest and People > The University of Adelaide > The University of Canberra > And UNSW Sydney .
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Case study site pictures of community interactions and research-in-progress taken by the research team . Photo : ENLift project .
Introducing silviculture , or sciencebased forest management , alongside existing local and Indigenous conservation and use practices helps communities create more market-responsive systems suitable for commercial harvesting . Accelerating the trees at a landscape scale is also important for combatting climate change , says Krishna Shrestha .
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Climate , energy and cities
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