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HIMALAYAN PLANTS copy

7 Apr 2022

The challenges of sustainable forest management include inadequate information on sustainable harvest volumes, lack of simplified procedures for high-altitude decentralised resource management, and an inadequate centralised approach to resource monitoring and trade regulation, leaving species vulnerable to excessive commercial harvesting and threatening rural household incomes and government reven. [...] PROJECT DURATION July 2021 - June 2024 OBJECTIVES AND METHODOLOGY This project aims to secure local incomes and healthcare, threatened by declining biodiversity and natural resource access, linked to overharvest of medicinal species in Nepal’s high Himalayas. [...] SUSTAINABLE EXTENDING COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT OF NTFP BENEFITS FROM SPECIES SUSTAINABLE TRADE Effective conservation of high-value/conservation priority NTFPs in the Himalayan region through sustainable management and traceable, equitable trade, based on clear legal frameworks and sustainable use and trade approaches. [...] SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY INTEGRATING NTFPS INTO CHAINS COMMUNITY FORESTRY,POLICIES AND TRADE ACTIVITIES SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT EXTENDING COMMUNITY BENEFITS á Carry out detailed resource inventories á Establish harvesters and producer en- of three high value NTFPs and other - associated harvested species in 30 com- ation in the target districts munity forests á Train harvesters and processing work- á Con. [...] Policies, legislation and strategies at federal, provincial and local levels incentivise and enable a long-term shift towards sustainable use and trade in NTFPs in Nepal.
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