@article{Ojha_Timsina_Khanal_2009, title={How are Forest Policy Decisions Made in Nepal?}, volume={6}, url={https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JFL/article/view/2328}, abstractNote={<p>Taking a deliberative democracy perspective, we analyze the case of forest governance in Nepal with a view to understanding the extent and processes of citizen-state deliberations in forest policy making in relation to Nepal’s specific historical and social contexts. We analyze 15 policy decisions which range from parliament-endorsed laws to executive decisions of the government that were made over the period 1998-2004. Our findings indicate that despite the functioning of a multiparty political system, most forest policy decisions made during the studied period involved limited democratic deliberation. Two reasons for this are identified as: a) continued dominance of the role of forest science and state forestry administration in forest policy making; and b) weak links between civil society and elected political leaders in the legislature and the government. Finally, we draw lessons for approaches to analyzing environmental governance.</p><p><em>Key words</em>: deliberation, environment, forestry, policy, governance  </p><p>Full text is available at the <a href="http://www.forestaction.org/pdfs/journal_of_forest_and_livelihood/vol6_1/1_Ojha%20et_al.pdf" target="_blank">ForestAction</a> website</p><p><em>Journal of Forest and Livelihood</em> 6(1) February 2007 pp.1-17</p>}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Forest and Livelihood}, author={Ojha, Hemant and Timsina, Netra and Khanal, Dilraj}, year={2009}, month={Oct.}, pages={1–17} }