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Navigating policy debates of and discourse coalitions on Nepal's Scientific Forest Management

The debate over production and protection oriented forest management is long-standing in various part of the world. Taking a case of scientific forest management (SciFM) of Nepal, we aimed to analyze how policy actors, their interests and interactions (networks) shape the discursive shift of forest management practices. We employed the discourse network analysis to diagnose the policy rupture of SciFM, by using various qualitative data collection methods, including experts' consultation ( n = 6), key informants' interviews ( n = 36 from 9 stakeholders' group), systematic review of Nepal-based literature ( n = 30), review of national policy and study reports ( n = 12), and experiential observation. We carried out the stakeholder mapping, including their pattern of interactions and …

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