Kathmandu, June 6 -- Nepal's community-managed forestry, which has earned global praise for conserving forest and increasing the green cover, has also contributed in poverty reduction, a latest study has found.

The study "Reductions in deforestation and poverty from decentralized forest management in Nepal" conducted by a team of international ecologists, economists and political scientists, led by the University of Manchester, has shown that community forestry has contributed to a 37 percent relative reduction in deforestation and a 4.3 percent reduction in poverty.

Published in the Nature Sustainability journal last month, the study has produced further evidence proving how handing over forests to local communities not only helps in c...