Community Forests (CF) have been recognized as one of the successful management modalities in forests and biodiversity conservation in Nepal. It has been very eff ective in restoration of degraded forests and wildlife habitats to improve sustained supply of ecosystem services and resilient capacity of forest ecosystem to climate change. Study of the success stories shows that benefi ts from CF can be maximized by improving its' management capacities. The CF Operation Plans are more focused towards the production of timber and non-timber products with little concern to biodiversity conservation issues.
