Forests of learning: experiences from research on an adaptive collaborative approach to community forestry in Nepal

This report shares research-based lessons about the catalysation, practice and outcomes of an adaptive collaborative approach to community forestry in Nepal. It focuses on the community forest user group (CFUG) and meso levels, that is, the multistakeholder interface at the subdistrict and district levels. An adaptive collaborative approach is an approach to governance and management in which groups of actors intentionally use social learning as the basis for decision making, emphasise inclusion and equity in process and outcomes, and activate effective connections among actors and/or groups of actors.