Nepal's green success story has a hidden social gap, research shows

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Jan 26, 2026, 4:21 pm115 ptsTrending
In recent years, Nepal has been heralded as a global leader in community-based forest conservation. By handing over nearly a third of its nationally owned forest to local villagers in the 1980s, the country reversed years of deforestation and effectively doubled its forest cover between 1992 and 2016. For many…

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