This program aims to conserve the rich biodiversity of South Asia, which ranges from tropical forests to alpine meadows. It supports a variety of community-led efforts to manage natural resources and bolster climate change adaptation and mitigation, including: Enterprise-Oriented, Community-Based Forest Management: capacity building of local communities in…

This program aims to create or strengthen environmentally sustainable markets that benefit the poorest of the poor while promoting social equity, justice, and good governance. It supports the entire value chain of targeted natural resource products through a comprehensive range of activities, including: Entrepreneurship Development: organization of individuals…

ANSAB seeks to impart local communities with the knowledge they need to manage the ecosystems on which they heavily depend on a sustainable and inclusive way. As such, it devotes a lot of energy to capacity building in all its projects. More specifically, program activities include: Training: organization…

Through its Networking, Policy and Research program, ANSAB works with key stakeholders from grassroots leaders to national government officials to improve the development and implementation of policies related to community forestry and NTFPs. It also draws on the expertise of leading national and international private companies, public agencies,…