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The award, which is decided by the World Future Council (WFC) –– an international policy research body, will be given to three out of the 16 nominated policies on September 21 at the UN Headquarters in New York.
“Winners will represent the most inspiring, innovative and influential forest policies … to contribute to the management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests for the benefit of current and future generations,” reads a WFC statement.
There are more than 14,000 community forest user groups in Nepal managing about 22 per cent of the total forests of the nation.
International organizations working as Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF)–– UN Development Programme (UNDP), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD) the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)–– and others including the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) had nominated Nepal for the award.
The award, which is decided by the World Future Council (WFC) –– an international policy research body, will be given to three out of the 16 nominated policies on September 21 at the UN Headquarters in New York.
“Winners will represent the most inspiring, innovative and influential forest policies … to contribute to the management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests for the benefit of current and future generations,” reads a WFC statement.
There are more than 14,000 community forest user groups in Nepal managing about 22 per cent of the total forests of the nation.
International organizations working as Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF)–– UN Development Programme (UNDP), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD) the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)–– and others including the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) had nominated Nepal for the award.
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