Transparency and Accountability - Key Aspects of Nepal’s New Study on Drivers of Deforestation and Forest Degradation
[Facilitator's note: With thanks to Estelle Fach, REDD+ UNDP, for sharing this information.]
Following its Cross-Sectoral Policy Dialogue on REDD+, Nepal’s REDD Forestry and Climate Change Cell under the Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation has now released its study on “Understanding drivers and causes of deforestation and forest degradation in Nepal: potential policies and measures for REDD+” (also available at www.tinyurl.com/nepal-drivers-redd).
Building on the country’s Readiness Preparation Proposal that had initially identified priority drivers in Nepal, the study adopts a political ecology perspective to analyze drivers and to emphasize the underlying political and socio-cultural causes beyond proximate drivers. Economic, transparency and accountability, tenure, socio-political, demographic and technological factors are each examined to highlight the differentiated manners that they influence illegal logging, encroachment, fuel wood consumption and road construction.
The study goes on to assess the effectiveness and impact of previous policies and measures, in both the forest and related sectors, and suggests recommendations for consideration in the national REDD+ strategy.
This report was requested by the Government of Nepal's REDD Forestry and Climate change cell under the Ministry of Forests and Soil and funded by the UN-REDD Programme under its Targeted Support modality. Under the guidance of Nepal's REDD Forestry and Cell and UNDP, It was elaborated by Naya Sharma Paudel, Dil Bahadur Khatri, Rahul Karki and Govinda Paudel at Forest Action Nepal, and edited by Dennis Fenton, independent consultant.
Following its Cross-Sectoral Policy Dialogue on REDD+, Nepal’s REDD Forestry and Climate Change Cell under the Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation has now released its study on “Understanding drivers and causes of deforestation and forest degradation in Nepal: potential policies and measures for REDD+” (also available at www.tinyurl.com/nepal-drivers-redd).
Building on the country’s Readiness Preparation Proposal that had initially identified priority drivers in Nepal, the study adopts a political ecology perspective to analyze drivers and to emphasize the underlying political and socio-cultural causes beyond proximate drivers. Economic, transparency and accountability, tenure, socio-political, demographic and technological factors are each examined to highlight the differentiated manners that they influence illegal logging, encroachment, fuel wood consumption and road construction.
The study goes on to assess the effectiveness and impact of previous policies and measures, in both the forest and related sectors, and suggests recommendations for consideration in the national REDD+ strategy.
This report was requested by the Government of Nepal's REDD Forestry and Climate change cell under the Ministry of Forests and Soil and funded by the UN-REDD Programme under its Targeted Support modality. Under the guidance of Nepal's REDD Forestry and Cell and UNDP, It was elaborated by Naya Sharma Paudel, Dil Bahadur Khatri, Rahul Karki and Govinda Paudel at Forest Action Nepal, and edited by Dennis Fenton, independent consultant.