Securing Voices: Advocating for marginalized people (IP and LCs, Women, Dalit, Poor) rights in the Amendment of Bagmati Province Forest Act

Province Level Dialogue with Right holders and stakeholders, Hetauda

A province-level multi-stakeholder dialogue was held on 27th May, 2025 at the Royal Palace in Hetauda to discuss the urgent need for the amendment of the Bagmati Province Forest Act 2075. The Act was originally formulated before the Federal Forest Act 2076 and has since become misaligned with the national legal framework. The event was organized by the Women Rights…

Dialogue with the Parliamentary Members of the Committee on Industry, Tourism Forests and Environment and Associated stakeholders

The dialogue was chaired by Honorable Ananda Shrestha and attended by distinguished parliamentarians, forest and environment experts, and community representatives. The main highlight of the program was the presentation by Dr. Sindhu Dhungana, who conducted a comprehensive gap analysis of the Bagmati Province Forest Act in the light of National Forest Policy, 2019, Federal Forest Act of 2019 and the…

Dialogue Program with Media Personnels

Ms. Aarati Pathak officially started the program my welcoming all the participants and handing over the printouts listing all the suggestions collected from the various stakeholders that were presented to parliamentarians in previous dialogue programs. She then explained each suggestion, along with the context behind its inclusion. She also shared additional suggestions from the member of Provincial Assembly with the…

Post Consultation Discussion with Bagmati Province to Ensure the Inputs

The program was organized for the discussion about key issues that were raised during the previous dialogue programs. The discussion program focused on key discussions that were arose from the previous dialogue programs to ensure whether they are included in the draft Bagmati Province Forest Act which was under the process of amendment. The program was started by discussing key…