Session 5 – Asia Experience

Most of the rural population in Nepal is engaged in subsistence farming. There is a high rate of migration of poor landless people from the mountains to the plains and the rural to the urban in search of better land for farming and better job for livelihood. This has resulted in heavy encroachment on government and public land. There are several legal arrangements for the preservation and management of government and public land, but the lack of a comprehensive land policy, an integrated land act, and a responsible bureau for their preservation and management has resulted in their continuous depletion. A recommendation is made for a better management of government and public land in Nepal