This policy brief presents a financial solution designed to enhance biodiversity conservation through improved community forest management in Nepal’s transboundary biological corridors. Despite managing over one-third of the country’s forest area, community forest user groups often face trade-offs between conservation and livelihoods, with limited financial resources and biodiversity integration in their management plans.
The finance solution aims to mainstream biodiversity into 50 community forest user groups by:
- Revising operational and financial plans,
- Training 200 individuals in sustainable forest and finance management,
- Increasing biodiversity-related expenditure and investment,
- Strengthening local capacities and stakeholder engagement.
Piloted in the Terai Arc Landscape, the approach prioritizes meaningful community participation, knowledge sharing, and the development of sustainable business culture in forest management. With lessons learned from this pilot, the model can be scaled across Nepal’s 23,000+ forest user groups—helping close the biodiversity finance gap and support both people and nature.
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