Initiated in 2001, Journal of Forest and Livelihood (ISSN 1684-0186) is a peer reviewed journal that documents and disseminates the insights, lessons and innovations taking place in socio-cultural, political and economic aspects of environmental governance and rural livelihoods in Nepal. We are open to all academic perspectives from political ecology and cultural politics, as long as they identify a relevant theoretical lens and draw implications for policy and practice. Publisher: ForestAction Nepal.
JFL is an open access journal and is published biannually and welcomes articles, but not limited to, in the following themes.
- Forest policy and governance
- Forest agriculture interaction and food security
- Climate change, forestry and livelihoods
- Biodiversity, conservation and development
- Ecosystems services and development
- Social inclusion, gender, equity in forest and natural resource management
- Community based resource management
- Markets and community based forestry enterprises
- Politics of knowledge in forest governance
- Environmental justice
- Political ecology
ForestAction (Forest Resources Studies and Action Team) Nepal, established in 2000, is a learning oriented, not-for-profit, professional organization working in the areas of Forestry, Agriculture and Climate Change. We adopt an interactive approach to policy research and advocacy in collaboration with research community, civil society groups and government agencies to build deliberative and collaborative policy practices.