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FSC International Center has published a book Celebrating success: Stories of FSC certification with stories of FSC certification around the globe. The book includes the stories of diversity of ways in which FSC certification can bring social benefits with cases from Latin America, Asia, Europe and Africa; hugely…

Dr. Bhishma P. Subedi, Executive Director of ANSAB has been recognized as a “Champion of Asia-Pacific Forests” by the FAO during the Asia-Pacific Forestry Week (APFW) 2011 in Beijing China. FAO conducted a process to identify “Champions of Asia-Pacific Forests” to help recognize and celebrate success of exemplary…

Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources (ANSAB) organized a stakeholders’ workshop on present policy provisions and practices related to SMFE sector in Nepal on November 3, 2011 at ANSAB Headquarters, Kathmandu. The workshop was organized to share ANSAB’s brief analysis of national policy issues related to SMFE…

ANSAB has started to provide its technical service for producing handmade paper in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The organization’s handmade paper technician Mr. Palden Sherpa left for PNG last week and has started a 45 days training for the local communities in PNG to make handmade paper in…

Briquette Producers’ Association of Nepal has been established in Nepal with facilitation from ANSAB under the Forest Connect Initiative in Nepal. The Association has been established to address the issues, challenges and opportunities of the sector in order to build a sustainable business system for the benefit of…

ANSAB in association with Himalayan Naturals P. Ltd., a bio-briquette producing and marketing company organized a meeting of the bio-briquette producers of Nepal on August 20, 2011 at ANSAB Headquarters, Kathmandu. The meeting discussed on the issues, challenges and opportunities of the bio-briquette sector in Nepal, and on…

A pioneering approach by Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources (ANSAB) along with two other partners International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), and Federation of Community Forest Users, Nepal (FECOFUN) has resulted to the establishment of the first Forest Carbon Trust Fund (FCTF), and distribution of…

Under the first-ever pilot Forest Carbon Trust Fund in Nepal, representatives from three watersheds in Dolakha, Gorkha, and Chitwan districts received a total sum of US$ 95,000 on behalf of community forest user groups at a ceremony organised at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) on…

Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources (ANSAB) in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nepalese Ministry of Commerce and Supplies (MOCS), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) organized Biotrade and Green Economy week in Nepal from May…

Capacity Building for Biotrade Biotrade and Green Economy Week in Nepal Date: 31 May – 4 June 2011 Organized Jointly by: Nepal’s Ministry of Commerce and Supplies (MOCS) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources (ANSAB) in…

Source: SciDev.Net, July 27, 2010 A pilot project underway in Nepal aims to strengthen the capacity of the government and community forest user groups (CFUGs) to measure and monitor carbon stored in the country’s forests. A project management unit (PMU), launched 16 July 2010, has initiated a payment…

Source: The Himalayan Times, July 16, 2010. LALITPUR: The Project Management Unit (PMU), an office within the premises of the Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bio-resources (ANSAB), has been launched at a function in Kathmandu on “Friday. The PMU has been launched to coordinate and manage the…