Friday, July 15, 2011

Nepal and Bhutan for innovative community forest policies

Community forest policies in Nepal Bhutan, Gambia, Rwanda, Switzerland and the US were shortlisted from 20 forest policies from 16 countries this week for Future Policy Award 2011 that recognizes inspiring, innovative and influential policies worldwide. Also, several community forest users’ groups of three districts, Dolakha, Gorkha and Chitwan received US$ 95,000 for reducing emissions in the atmosphere causing climate change through enhancement of carbon stocks and sustainable management of forests.

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