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• The National REDD+ Strategy (2018-2022) identifies key rightsholders and stakeholders relevant to REDD+ in Nepal, including Indigenous Peoples, local communities, women, Dalits, Madhesis, forest‑dependent households, Community‑Based Forest Management (CBFM) groups, civil society organisations, and government institutions at national and sub‑national levels. The Strategy recognises these groups as central actors in REDD+ implementation due to their forest tenure rights, dependence on forest resources, and roles in forest management and governance.

• The 2024 review of the NRS , which informed the updated Strategy, identified gaps in stakeholder inclusion and participation, including uneven engagement of women, Indigenous Peoples and marginalised groups across forest regimes and implementation contexts.

• The updated NRS (2025-2034) identifies priority rights-holders and stakeholders for REDD+, including Community Forest User Groups, Collaborative Forest Management groups, Leasehold Forest groups, Indigenous Peoples, women, Dalits, Madhesis, local communities and vulnerable forest-dependent households, as well as government institutions at federal, provincial and local levels - including MoFE and its departments (DoFSC, DNPWC, DPR, DoE, FRTC, REDD IC), sectoral ministries, provincial forest ministries and directorates, Division Forest Offices, and local governments. The private sector, civil society organisations, NGOs, development partners, academic and research institutions, and the REDD+ Multi-Stakeholder Forum and CSOs & IPOs Alliance are also identified as key actors. The Strategy emphasises participatory approaches to REDD+ planning and implementation and recognises the importance of engaging these stakeholders across national, provincial and local levels.

• In addition, a Stakeholder Engagement Plan (2025), developed to support implementation of the updated NRS, provides a more detailed framework for stakeholder identification, analysis and engagement. The Plan identifies key rightsholders and stakeholders at national, provincial and local levels, assesses their interests and relevance to REDD+ implementation, and outlines approaches for inclusive and participatory engagement throughout REDD+ planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting processes.

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•  For the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) ER Program, stakeholder mapping was conducted during program preparation and safeguards processes, as documented in the ER Program Document (ER‑PD) and supporting safeguard instruments. The ER‑PD identifies key rightsholders and stakeholders, including Community‑Based Forest Management (CBFM) groups, Indigenous Peoples, forest‑dependent local communities, women, Dalits, Madhesis and other vulnerable households, based on forest tenure arrangements, dependence on forest resources and roles in forest management and conservation.

• The FCPF Benefit‑Sharing Plan (BSP) defines eligible beneficiary categories and identifies specific groups recognised as rightsholders and stakeholders in the ER Program area, including Indigenous Peoples (such as Raute, Tharu, Raji, Sonaha and other groups), Dalits, Madhesis, forest‑dependent poor households, and women within these groups, linked to legal forest user group membership and customary forest use and management practices.

• For the Green Climate Fund-supported Building a Resilient Churia Region in Nepal (BRCRN) Project, stakeholder identification was conducted as part of project preparation and safeguards processes, including development of Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMPs), Indigenous Peoples Plans (IPPs) and Social Inclusion Management Plans (SIMPs). These processes involved identification of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, vulnerable groups and local stakeholders across project areas, based on geographic and socio-economic characteristics.

•  For the LEAF ER Program, which is based on the NRS (2018, 2025), additional stakeholder identification was carried out during preparation of the TREES Registration Document (TRD). The TRD identifies key stakeholders in the ER Program area across Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini provinces, including a large number of Community Forest User Groups (CFUGs), local communities and forest‑dependent households, as well as Indigenous Peoples groups present within the program landscape.

• Stakeholder mapping was also conducted as part of the consultation process for the LEAF ER Program. This included participatory stakeholder and rights‑holder identification through consultations at national, provincial and local levels, involving Indigenous Peoples, CFUGs, customary institutions, women, Dalits and other forest‑dependent groups. These processes contributed to mapping stakeholders, understanding their roles and interests, and ensuring their inclusion in REDD+ implementation.

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