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31 December 2018

Event: Community Forestry Enterprises for Livelihoods – The Way Forward

December 31, 2018 ANSAB, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) are organizing an event: Community forestry…

28 November 2018

Jiri Declaration on Public Private Community Alliance (PPCA)

November 28, 2018 ANSAB and the Jiri municipality jointly organized a Public Private Community Alliance (PPCA) planning workshop in Jiri, Dolakha on November 27, 2018 in…

23 November 2018

ANSAB presents in the DASAN Conference 2018

November 23, 2018 Sudarshan Khanal, ANSAB’s Research, Planning and Communication Manager presented on Enterprise Oriented Farm and Forest Management: Synergy between…

ANSAB partners with a leading pharmaceutical company in Papua New Guinea

ANSAB and City Pharmacy Limited (CPL) Group, a leading pharmaceutical company in Papua New Guinea (PNG) developed a partnership for a fact finding mission to initiate…

6 September 2018

ANSAB presents in the ASEIC Global Innovation Forum

September 06, 2018 Sudarshan Khanal, ANSAB’s Research, Planning and Communication Manager presented on the enterprise-oriented community-based natural resource…

17 May 2018

FSC approves the National Forest Stewardship Standard (NFSS) for Nepal

May 17, 2018 The National Forest Stewardship Standard (NFSS) for Nepal has been recently approved by the FSC Policy and Standards Committee (PSC) without any condition.…

30 November 2017

FSC National Forest Stewardship Standard (NFSS) draft for Nepal

November 30, 2017 The NFSS provides benchmarks (indicators) for interested parties to manage their forests environmentally appropriate: the production of timber,…

24 April 2017

Climate-smart agriculture in the Himalayas – An innovative green business model for food security and poverty reduction of mountainous communities of Nepal

April 24, 2017 ANSAB has envisioned a concept of Ecosystem-based Commercial Agriculture (ECA) with the goal of transforming conventional farm and forestry practices into…

2 January 2017

ANSAB initiates result based payment for ecosystem services on drinking water in Nepal

January 02, 2017 A result based Payment for Ecosystem Service (PES) on drinking water has been established in Nepal applying the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)…

19 December 2016

ANSAB receives the Adaptation at Scale Protsahan Award

December 19, 2016 ANSAB received the Adaptation at Scale Protsahan award for its ecosystem-based commercial agriculture initiative in Bajura district, being implemented…

4 November 2016

One health day celebration

November 04, 2016 ANSAB celebrated One Health Day on November 3, 2016 as a campaign for One Health interactions and for the world to ‘see them in action’. ANSAB…

26 August 2016

FSC national standard development in Nepal: Update on process and progress

August 26, 2016 Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has recently revised and approved International Generic Indicators (IGIs) for using in a consistent way across the world…