Ananta Bhandari

Forests are heavily exploited in Nepal’s Terai region with growing fragmentation of the contiguous expanse of forests in the region. Following the eradication of malaria in the 1960s, large scale migration from the hills to the low-lying region of Terai due to its fertile plains and accessibility ha...

Despite all the value our forests hold, the economic contribution they provide are not being reflected as they should be