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Vacancy Announcement for the position of Program Associate (Agriculture)

ANSAB plans to hire a young, fresh and talented graduate with passion to learn and work in the development field. The main role of this position is to assist the agriculture program development team for program management; monitoring, evaluation and learning; and communication and outreach. More specifically, this…

Invitation for the Consultancy Service for “Needs assessment of MSMEs in USAID Biodiversity sites”

Background ANSAB is currently partnering with DAI to implement the “USAID Biodiversity activity”, which builds on past successes in Nepal’s forestry and freshwater sectors to empower the next generation of environmental practitioners, strengthen provincial and municipal government, and catalyze new resources for climate adaptation. It aims to reduces…

Forest carbon partnership facility capacity building program (Phase III): Best practices and lessons learned

The key lessons learnt from this project are as follows: This project has successfully demonstrated that effective and meaningful participation of CSOs and LCs can be enhanced in the REDD+ process through targeted capacity building, providing relevant technical knowledge, and strengthening networks of LCs and CSOs. With capacity…

Asia-Pacific FCPF capacity building on REDD+ project regional sharing workshop

ANSAB and Tebtebba jointly organized the regional sharing workshop from February 12 to 14, 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand. The workshop brought together 65 representatives from the 10 FCPF countries which included representatives from the IPOs and CSOs that implemented the sub-projects, REDD+ focal points from ERP countries, CSO/IP…

ANSAB presents on “Nepal’s CITES-listed Plant Species”

In an interaction program organized by the Department of Plant Resources on June 10, 2022, ANSAB’s Programs Director Mr. Puspa Lal Ghimire shared organization’s experience and learnings while implementing CITES related activities in Nepal. His presentation focused on ANSAB’s experience on the sustainable management of CITES-listed plant species,…

ANSAB organizes forest fire prevention and control campaign in Nawalpur

ANSAB and Division Forest Office-Nawalpur jointly organized district wide forest fire prevention and control campaign in Nawalpur district to make people aware of the threats of forest fire and adopt various measures to combat its negative impact. With the number of seasonal forest fires increasing during the dry…

ANSAB celebrates World Environment Day 2022

On the occasion of World Environment Day 2022, ANSAB and Division Forest Office-Nawalpur jointly organized a plantation program in Nawalpur district in partnership with Ankur Adarsha Community Forest Users Group, and in close coordination with the Kawasoti Municipailty and District Administration Office. The event was participated by district…

ANSAB celebrates World Earth Day 2022

ANSAB held series of events in Nawalpur district to commemorate the World Earth Day-2022. To mark the Earth day, ANSAB in partnership with the Sahid Smriti Community Secondary School and in close coordination with Divisional Forest Office, Nawalpur, carried out awareness raising activities, that included street rally, orientation…

ANSAB presents in ‘Orientation on CITES law’ workshop

Mr. Puspa L. Ghimire, ANSAB’s Programs Director, presented on “Challenges in international trade of CITES listed species - A case of Jatamansi from Nepal” during a CITES orientation workshop organized by the Department of Forests and Soil Conservation on April 19, 2022. The workshop was organized to inform…

ANSAB organizes a project launch workshop in Kathmandu

ANSAB, as the recipient of the Asia Pacific FCPF Capacity Building Project on REDD+, organized project launch workshop on March 28 and 29, 2022 in Kathmandu. The workshop brought together 23 representatives of the sub-project recipients, regional advisory committee members, and the project relevant staffs from ANSAB and…

ANSAB and the Department of Forest and Soil Conservation jointly organize a CITES policy review workshop

ANSAB and the Department of Forests and Soil Conservation, jointly organized a CITES policy review workshop on March 25, 2022. During the workshop, policy related opportunities and challenges for the sustainable harvesting and trade of CITES-listed plant species in Nepal was shared and discussed that would be helpful…

ANSAB awards three sub-projects for Asia-Pacific FCPF capacity building project on REDD+

ANSAB, as a recipient of the Asia Pacific FCPF Capacity Building Project on REDD+ for the civil society (CSOs) and local communities (LCs), has awarded the following three sub-projects, one for each in Fiji, Nepal and Vietnam to implement the country level capacity building activities. Fiji: Building Capacities…