Conflict over Natural Resources at the Community Level in Nepal—Including Its Relationship to Armed Conflict
Publisher: ARD, USAID
Author(s): Jim Schweithelm, Ramzy Kanaan, and Pralad Yonzon
Date: 2006
Topics: Conflict Causes, Renewable Resources
Countries: Nepal
This assessment of community-level forest and water conflict in Nepal was conducted within the context of a task order under the Biodiversity and Sustainable Forestry Indefinite Quantity Contract (BIOFOR IQC) entitled “Managing Conflict in Asian Forest Communities.” The purpose of the task order is to understand the types, causes, and impacts of conflicts over forest resources at the community level in selected Asian countries and to assess current or proposed methods to avoid, reduce, manage, and monitor conflict to identify those methods that are broadly applicable throughout the region. This assessment is intended to provide regionally relevant information while also identifying opportunities to address forest conflict in Nepal through the activities of USAID/Nepal and its implementing partners.