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This issue brings together experience from the work of the Livelihoods and Forestry Programme over 8 years with more than 4,500 Community Forest User Groups. The papers cover key issues in the forestry and livelihoods debate in Nepal and contribute to current discourse in forest governance, livelihoods and democratisation.

Pro-poor Institutions: Creating Exclusive Rights to the Poor Groups in Community Forest Management. Sushma Bhattarai, Prakash Kumar Jha and Niraj Chapagain

Tackling the Terai Forest Governance Impasse: Can District-level Multistakeholder Processes Help? Bishwas Rana, Keshav Prasad Khanal, Rajan Kotru and Balkrishna Jamarkattel

Democratising Terai Forestry Governance: Emerging Innovations in the Western Terai Region of Nepal. Bal Krishna Jamarkattel, Sindhu Prasad Dhungana, Srijana Baral, Bishwas Rana and Hari Dhungana

Non-timber Forest Products Enterprise Development: Regulatory Challenges in the Koshi Hills of Nepal. Subash C Kunwar, Abdul S Ansari and Harisharan Luintel

Facilitating the Transition from Passive to Active Community Forest Management: Lessons from Rapti Zone, Nepal. NP Yadav, KP Yadav, Kamlesh K Yadav and Nirmal Thapa

Improving Community-level Governance: Adaptive Learning and Action in Community Forest User Groups in Nepal. RB Shrestha, Sohan L Shrestha, Sudil G Acharya and Shrikanta Adhikari

Community Forestry and Local Development: Experiences from the Koshi Hills of Nepal. Neeraj Chapagain and Mani Ram Banjade

Maoist Conflict, Community Forestry and Livelihoods: Pro-poor Innovations in Forest Management in Nepal. Nirmal K B.K., Ravi K Shrestha, Sudil G Acharya and Abdul S Ansari