State and importance of forest destruction and measures of conservation

1. "...community forestry in Nepal... from 26 percent in 1992 to 45 percent in 2016,

...cover one-third of the country’s total forest area and are managed by 22,000 community forest user groups, comprising 3 million out of 56 million households in Nepal.

REDD+ implementation could provide much-needed climate finance for forest countries like Nepal ... alternative climate-resilient livelihoods. Nepal started its REDD+ journey in 2011 by implementing pilot projects in three districts covering 10,266 Ha and 104 CFUGs... the country has completed multiple preparatory works to enable participation in the international voluntary carbon market, including developing a National REDD+ Strategy, a Benefit Sharing Plan and establishing the REDD Implementation Center (REDD IC) under the Ministry of Forest and Environment.

...Nepal has signed the Emission Reduction Purchase Agreement (ERPA) with Forest Carbon Partnership Facility of the World Bank and is in the process of signing the agreement with the Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest Finance (LEAF) coalition coordinated by Emergent. For the World Bank, Nepal aims to sell 9 million credits from the Terai Arc Landscape, allowing it to earn as much as $45 million ($5/credit) within 2018-24. According to a document submitted by Nepal to the LEAF coalition, Nepal aims to deliver 30 million credits in the 2022-26 period and could earn as much as $300 million ($10/credit). It will only receive that money once it delivers these credits, which will be verified and issued using rigorous standards."

via: https://kathmandupost.com/columns/2024/02/11/turning-nepal-s-forests-into-fortune

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2. 7.53 Half of Nepal's total land area is covered by forest. The forest area of Nepal

has increased by approximately 11.0 percent more than the global average

forest area. Until the mid-March in the year 2023, excluding Bhutan,

Nepal has 41.69 percent forest area. Until the mid-March in the year 2022,

this area was 40.4 percent. Looking at it on a per-person basis, everyone

in Nepal has 0.2 hectares of forest area. Among the South Asian countries,

Bhutan has the highest forest area at 72.49 percent, while Pakistan has the

lowest at 1.85 percent.

7.55 Until the mid-March of 2022, there are 12 national parks, 1 wildlife reserve, 1

hunting reserve, and 6 conservation areas, totaling to 20 protected areas in Nepal.

These protected areas constitute 23.4 percent of the total land area. Recently,

192,027 hectares of forest area have been managed under the framework of the

forest conservation area.

7.56 Until mid-March of 2023, 1,071 community forests have been established in the

buffer zone and protected areas. These areas cover approximately 232,272

hectares. Additionally, 89 buffer zone community forests manage 453.3 hectares

of forest area. It is estimated that more than 11,42,000 people benefit from living

in the buffer zone and conservation area through forest management.

7.61 So far, 293 species of indigenous flora have been documented in Nepal.

Also, 5,309 flowering species and 6,083 non-flowering species have been

documented.

https://www.mof.gov.np/uploads/document/file/1710323031_Economic%20Survey%20Engslish%202022-23%20Eng%20Final%20for%20WEB.pdf