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ANSAB provided theoretical and practical courses on community forestry and sustainable forest management in Nepal to the Masters level students of Future Generations Graduate School. The Masters level students focusing on Community-based learning were in Nepal residential last month. During their stay in Nepal, in the overall guidance…

In order to support Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) in developing International Generic Indicators (IGIs), ANSAB organized two meetings of IGI working group on February 18 and March 3, 2014 and a two-day national workshop on March 21-22, 2014 in Kathmandu during the public consultation period. FSC Secretariat has…

A recent study has shown that the forest-based industries have very high potential for economic growth and employment generation in Nepal. A national level study – Private Sector Involvement and Investment in Nepal’s Forestry: Status, Prospects and Ways Forward – conducted by ANSAB and its consortium partners Relief…

Nepal has a comparative advantage in developing sustainable agriculture; and the existence of some good practices that are scattered across the nation can be an asset to this direction. But efforts are still lacking to consolidate these good practices into a viable system of value chain. There is…

ANSAB has been selected as the regional intermediary organization by the World Bank for the FCPF (Forest Carbon Partnership Facility) capacity building programs for the fiscal year 2014-15 in Asia and the Pacific region. FCPF mentioned the criteria for the organizations with a high level of regional credibility;…

At a ceremony organized at the Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources (ANSAB) – Kathmandu, representatives from three watersheds in Dolakha, Gorkha, and Chitwan districts received REDD+ seed grants of US$ 95,000 for the third year as carbon payments for their contributions to conservation and sustainable management…

Understanding how new concepts such as Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES), Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD), REDD+, and the evolving global carbon markets can be incorporated into conservation and poverty alleviation strategies have been ANSAB’s recent major goals. ANSAB has, in partnership with the International…

Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources (ANSAB) organized the 36th sharing meeting of Nepal NTFP Network (NNN) on March 15, 2014 with the following agendas: Major agenda • Presentation and discussion on Prioritizing NTFP enterprises & support options that deliver integrated, intensified and climate smart land use…

ANSAB in partnership with the International Institute of Environment and Development (IIED) and the Food and Agriculture Organizations of the United Nations (FAO) organized the third Forest Connect International Workshop from February 12-15, 2013 in Kathmandu Nepal. A total of 30 individuals and institutions from 19 countries participated…

The farm production system in Nepal is highly integrated and interlinked, and is characterized by subsistence farming. The majority of the farming communities have extremely small landholdings of less than 0.5 ha. Farming in Nepal has always been based on production techniques that are healthy and promote healthy…

Bio-Briquettes are a promising source of alternative energy with a proven record of their effectiveness to increase earnings for the poor, reduce health risks for women and children, maintain carbon pool in forests, and reduce the propagation of invasive alien species. In Nepal, briquettes are produced at smallholder…

An interaction program on “Growing Energy Crisis and Biomass Energy” was organised by ANSAB in collaboration with Hipat, an agriculture monthly magazine, on November 12, 2012 at Kathmandu involving the Secretary of Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology; Joint Secretary of National Planning Commission; Deputy Director of Alternative…