Quality-of-governance standards for forest management and emissions reduction. Developing community forestry and REDD+ governance through a multi-stage, multi-level and multi-stakeholder approach. - 2016 Update -

This discussion paper presents the Action Research Project to Develop a National Quality-of-governance Standard for REDD+ and the Forest Sector in Nepal, which was launched by IGES, Griffith University and the University of Southern Queensland in 2011.

The process of developing a voluntary national standard in Nepal through online surveys, key informant interviews, a multi-stakeholder forum and field consultation, has provided an innovative and field-tested apporach to standards development.

This updated version presents additional stages in the development of the draft voluntary national standard and the finalisation of a community forest regime specific standard.