Here’s how Nepal regenerated its forests 🌲: From 1992 to 2016, forest cover in the country almost doubled. A study using #Landsat data and interviews with people in Nepali villages found that community-led forest management was associated with the regrowth. In the 1970s, Nepal was facing an environmental crisis. Forests in Nepal’s hillsides were being degraded due to livestock grazing and fuelwood harvesting, which led to increased flooding and landslides. In the 1980s and 1990s, Nepal’s govern