Nepal lets Rs 20 billion in sal timber rot in forests every year : Only 8 million cubic feet of sal is produced each year, just 16 percent of capacity, leaving 84 percent or Rs 20.16 billion worth unused due to restrictive policies and procedural hurdle, by Bidhya Rai (nn 03/05/2026)

Leasehold forestry revives barren hills, boosts incomes in Chitwan : The programme has allowed communities to manage and reap benefits from nearby degraded forest land, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 28/04/2026)

Drones to be used for seed spreading in Rasuwa forest (nn 30/03/2026)

High potential of timber in Nepal, but negligible utilization : Nepal has the potential to produce around 150 million cubic feet of timber annually, yet the country produces only about 30 million cubic feet. As a result, Nepal continues to import large quantities of timber and timber-based products, by Bidya Rai (nn 17/03/2026)

Realising bamboo’s potential : It is still treated as a minor non-timber forest product rather than a forest crop with measurable carbon value, by Ujjwal R Pokhrel (kp 23/12/2025)

10 hectares of Gaurighat forest cleared within hours. Land mafia suspected : Incident happened on November 27. Forest office investigating possible involvement of local land grabbers, by Chitranga Thapa and Bhawani Bhatta (kp 13/12/2025) [Within an hour? Hundreds of people must have been at work, and everyone in the area must have been wearing earplugs and blindfolds!]

Sudurpaschim forest user groups call off province-wide protest (kh 15/11/2025)

A Community’s Fight To Protect Precious Tree, by Sailendra Neupane (rn 07/11/2025)

Invasive species of plants destroying biodiversity in Jalthal forest (rn 28/09/2025)

As checks tighten, Tarai smugglers use SUVs to sneak sal logs to India : From bicycles to SUVs, authorities have seized over 1,000 vehicles and 3,700 cubic feet of timber over the past few years, by Shiva Puri (kp 20/08/2025)

A call for optimum utilization of bamboo, by Ashrawa Khanal (rep 18/08/2025)

Deforestation of Chure triggers water shortage in Madhesh, by Mithilesh Yadav (rep 19/07/2025)

442 hectares of forestland reclaimed from encroachers in Madhesh (kh 19/07/2025)

20-year afforestation campaign announced (kh 24/06/2025)

Rs 234.22 million of Forest Development Fund remains unused (rep 24/06/2025)

Invasive plants spread in Myagdi forests as grazing practices decline : Traditional grazing kept invasive plants in check, but its decline has hit herbs collection, local incomes, and government revenue, by Ghanshyam Khadka (kp 02/06/2025)

Plotting to plunder : New real estate project in Bhaktapur encroaches on protected forest and displaces community, by Archana Darji (nt 30/05/2025)

Timber worth millions rotting in Madhesh as red tape stalls auctions : Officials blame legal grey areas, jurisdiction confusion for years of delay in selling timber, by Shiva Puri (kp 20/05/2025), Timber trouble : While timber harvested in Nepal is rotting away, the country is also importing all kinds of wood products (kp 27/05/2025)

UN body sets new carbon credit standards; Nepal could benefit, by Pratik Ghimire (ae 20/05/2025)

The Bankariya community: And the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, by Indira Kumari Shreesh and Simone Galimberti (ht 11/04/2025)

In Nepal, a eucalyptus boom became an ecological cautionary tale, by Mukesh Pokhrel (Mongabay 25/02/2025)

Forest encroachment on the rise in Parsa (kh 17/02/2025)

From exclusion to inclusion: Building equity for disadvantaged groups in forestry, by Aayushma Bhatta (ae 11/02/2025)

Save the trees : Continued destruction of our precious natural resources could invite an environmental ruin (kp 07/02/2025)

Women conserve, men still conservative : Nepal’s rural women protect community forests, but men still make decisions, by Unnati Chaudhary (nt 17/01/2025)

Wood worth Rs 70 million decaying at forest office (kh 12/01/2025)

Reinvigorate Leasehold Forestry, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 24/12/2024)

Area under forest increases by 0.75 percent (kh 21/12/2024)

Nepal created a forest fund to do everything; five years on it’s done nothing, by Abhaya Raj Joshi (Mongabay 19/12/2024)

Greenbacks for greenery : Nepal has received its first paycheck for protecting its forests as a carbon sink. What next?, by Ramesh Kumar (nt 22/11/2024)

नेपालले थाल्यो वन कार्बन व्यापार [Nepal started forest carbon trading], by Mamata Thapa (ap 21/10/2024)

Revitalising Nepal’s community forestry : Rather than focusing solely on subsistence, CF must tap into its economic potential, by Karuna Karki and Subash Pandey (kp 20/10/2024)

Promote Tree Plantation, by Parmeshwar Devkota (rn 23/06/2024)

Nepal has 45.31 percent forest cover (kh 27/05/2024)

2,174 hectares of forest destroyed in Baglung wildfires (rep 24/05/2024)

Nepal's Forests in Flames: Echoes of Urgency and Hopeful Solutions, by Ayush Raj Gyawali (rep 16/04/2024)

Spectacular Rhododendron bloom in Ghodepani (rn 30/03/2024)

Logs worth millions of rupees are rotting in community forests, but locals can’t buy them due to legal hurdles : The prohibition on felling shorea robusta trees has complicated the sale process, even for those toppled by wind, old age, or other disasters, by Biplab Maharjan (kp 28/03/2024)

Community forestry at a crossroads, by Rahul Karki (ae 19/03/2024)

Forest fires are raging in Taplejung district : Amid a lack of manpower, resources and challenging terrain, many of these fires will subside only after ravaging all, or with rainfall, say stakeholders, by Ananda Gautam (kp 12/03/2024)

Untold story of community forest program in Nepal, by Uddhab Pyakurel (ae 13/02/2024)

Turning Nepal's forests into fortune : Nepal is committed to preserving forest coverage, but the focus must be on effective implementation, by Subash Pandey (kp 11/02/2024)