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• Institution	Purpose	Membership	Further information
  National REDD+ Steering Committee (NRSC)	High-level policy guidance on REDD+ in Nepal	24 members, chaired by Minister for Forests and Environment	NRS (2025-2034) Table 8
  National REDD+ Coordination Committee (NRCC)	Makes decisions on REDD+ technical matters	22 members, chaired by the Secretary of the Ministry of Forests and Environment (MoFE)	NRS (2025-2034) Table 9
  REDD Implementation Centre	Coordinates and facilitates REDD+ activities across the country	Data not yet available	https://redd.gov.np/; https://redd.gov.np/pages/organ
  Provincial REDD+ Coordination Committee (PRCC)	7 provincial committees that provide guidance and deliver REDD+-related activities	21 members, housed at ministry responsible for forest, environment and climate change	NRS (2025-2034) Table 10
  REDD+ Desks	Established at the provincial ministry, forest directorate and Division Forest Offices	Data not yet available	Provincial focal point information provided on REDD IC
  Forest and environment-related section or coordination committee of local governments	The forest and environment section/committee, in all 753 local governments	Data not yet available	Data not yet available
  REDD+ Multistakeholder Forum	Coordinated by REDD IC, and one of the main platforms for stakeholder engagement	Data not yet available	Data not yet available
  Indigenous Peoples (IPs) and Civil Society Organisation (CSO) alliance	Platform for sharing experiences and receiving feedback from IPs and CSOs	Data not yet available	Data not yet available

Data Sources:

• FPIC procedures for REDD+ are established in Nepal 2019s legal framework. Forest Regulation (2022), Rule 107(6), requires that FPIC be obtained from concerned forest user groups and affected communities prior to approval of any national or international agreements related to emission reduction payments.
• Nepal's National Guidelines on FPIC for REDD+ (2025) are available publicly, including on the REDD Implementation Centre's website. The Guidelines describe the objectives, core principles and required steps for applying FPIC in the context of REDD+ actions and emission reduction (ER) programs.
• Information on stakeholder engagement and consultation processes for the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) ER Program in the Terai Arc Landscape is publicly available through the ER Program Document (ER-PD), the Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) and the Benefit -Sharing Plan (BSP). These documents describe the consultation approaches applied during program design, including engagement with Indigenous Peoples, community forestry institutions and other stakeholders.
• For the LEAF ER program, information related to FPIC and stakeholder engagement is also publicly available, including in the ART-TREES documentation and in the 2025 FPIC consultation report, which documents FPIC-related consultations, facilitated by RECOFTC in the LEAF program area during 2023-2025.
• A national REDD+ Stakeholder Engagement Plan is under preparation as of 2026.

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