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1. Project Name: Evidence Based Policy Debate on Land Use Changes in Nepal
Location: Nepal
Duration: January 2012- December 2012
Client: SRP Land Project-Leader/MC-NCCR North-South
Major Sector/ Sub Sector: Land Use Change
Area Coverage: Kathmandu Valley and Chitwan
Project Description:
The overall objective is to promote informed political debate on Land Use Changes in context of large scale land acquisition, by generating scientific evidence on land use pattern and land grabbing phenomenon, local perspectives on land grabbing, and resistance/responses of social movements in Nepal. Whereas, specific objectives are: To understand land use changes and pattern in context of large scale land acquisition-or land grab in Nepal; To examine land grabbing phenomenon especially mechanism and path ways of foreign and domestic land grabbing, underlying causes and their purpose etc in Nepal; To understand local perspective on land grabbing on possible resource conflict, threats to livelihood and food security, land disputes etc in the context to ongoing debates of land reform; and to facilitate informed policy debate on the implications of land use changes in Nepal.
To achieve the above mentioned objectives activities like desk study, field based research, policy dialogues, media related activities and others will be conducted involving concerned stakeholders, experts, researchers etc. After exploring and identifying evidences and promoting evidence based policy debates with these diverse stakeholders, it will fosters common understanding and social learning on 'how land resource is being utilized and exploited, who is being/to be benefited from large scale land acquisition. On the one hand, it will facilitate informed policy reform in context of land grabbing and land use changes. Not only policy reform, it will also inform ongoing social movements with substance and evidence on grabbing and then these movements will further be shaped to respond to minimize any risks in future on the other hand. Hence, it would create a valid bases and evidence to debate of state restructuring in Nepal.
2. Project Name: Documentation of Reflection of Actions for Learning (ReAL) on the Inclusion and Develop resiliency of Dalit for Diversifying their Livelihoods in Local Community Forestry Groups in Nepal.
Duration: 2012 October-2014 September
Client: Multi Stakeholder Forestry Programme (MSFP)
Major Sector: inclusion/exclusion, climate change, Dalit, forest land management
Area overage: Lalitpur, Parbat and Nawalparasi District.
Project Description
The project title “Documentation of Reflection of Actions for Learning (ReAL) on the Inclusion and Develop resiliency of Dalit for diversifying their Livelihoods in Local Community Forestry Groups in Nepal” has been funded by Multi Stakeholder Forestry Programme to COLARP to be completed in two years period. The general objective is to demonstrate the ways, means and methods for the inclusion of Dalit in local community forestry groups for employment, representation, material benefits and services from the organizations and ways to develop socio-economic resiliency in the context of climate change risk as Dalit of Nepal are considered as most vulnerable group posing climate change risk on diversifying their livelihoods. Similarly, the specific objectives of the ReAL is to document the learning of the efforts made for the inclusion of Dalit and hence their level of participation in different local institutions particularly in local community forestry groups and in benefits (both direct and indirect benefits) generated and employment created through these institutions.
In fact, ReAL is unique and innovative project on social exclusion/inclusion where researcher are engaged to promote Dalit inclusion in CF through employing Research Into Use (RIU) and diffusion of innovation (upscaling/ out scaling). In this project, COLARP is trying to learn best practices, of community forestry land allocation for poor people’s livelihood and food security and replicate in project districts (it can also be termed as leasehold forestry within community forestry)
The expected outputs are i). ReAL report on Dalit, issues of exclusion, and inclusion practices (Inception Report); ii).Good practices related to Dalit inclusion (20-30 pages having 12 case studies of 3 selected districts) at different micro institution particularly in Forestry users groups (CFUG, FUG) and find out the following at the household level; iii).Learning by action and making researcher to practitioner and practitioner to researchers; iv). Reporting of learning at local level particularly to local institutions based on learning of action, and such reporting should generate local awareness, to make local stakeholders responsive and accountable to their duties v). Trend analysis based on the existing practices (say since 2000 to 2012) and learning of action beyond 2012; vi). Policy brief.
3. Project Name: Evidence based Policy Debates on Land Issues in Nepal
Duration: 2012-2015
Client: International Land Coalition (ILC)
Major Sector: land reform, land policy, land based enterprise, squatters, Absentee land lordism
Area overage: Nepal
Project Description
Project titled “Evidence based Policy Debates on Land in Nepal” is ongoing which is funded by International Land Coalition with an objective of evidence based debate to promote informed policy debate on identified pertinent issues by generating scientific evidences on specific dimensions of issues so as to facilitate informed analysis and decision making for policy reform. Five major themes had been identified which will be led by the mentioned experts respectively. The research papers will be based on either primary or secondary evidences for the debates.
S. No. |
Theme |
Resource Person (Expert) |
1 |
Land based enterprise diversification |
Dr. Sagar Raj Sharma, Associate Prof, Department of Development Studies, Kathmandu University |
2 |
State of art in land research and land reform in Nepal |
Dr. Purna B. Nepali,Consortium for Land Research and Policy Dialogue (COLARP)/ Mr. Jagat Basnet, Community Self Reliance Centre (CSRC) |
3 |
Political economy of land policy analysis in Nepal |
Dr. Bishnu Raj Upreti (NCCR North- South) |
4 |
Issues of squatters (urban and rural) in Nepal |
Mr. Dinesh Dhakal, Assistant Prof. Department of Agriculture and Economics, Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (AFU) |
5 |
Absentee land lordism /ownership in Nepal |
Dr. Ganesh Gurung, Nepal Institute of Development Studies (NIDS) |
The expected outputs are i). 10 evidence based policy debates; ii).5 Discussion paper (7-10 pages) on above mentioned themes; and iii). 5 Policy briefs (2 pages) on above mentioned themes.
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