Bamboo Resource Assessment (Outside the Forest Area) of Nepal

Contents: Acknowledgement. Executive Summary. Abbreviations and Acronyms. 1. Introduction. 2. Methodology. 3. Results. 4. Discussions. 5. Conclusions. References. Annexes.

Bamboo is an integral natural resource in Nepal, supporting rural livelihoods, local economies, and ecological resilience across diverse landscapes. Although Nepal harbors 53 bamboo species— including 7 endemics—national-level, statistically robust information on bamboo resources outside forest areas has long been lacking. To fill this gap, the Forest Research and Training Centre implemented Nepal’s first Bamboo Resource Assessment Outside Forest Areas, generating comprehensive field, spatial, and analytical estimates of bamboo distribution, species composition, and biomass.