Climate Resilient Forest Management System is one of the services under SERVIR-HKH being implemented in Nepal in collaboration with Department of Forests & Soil Conservation (DoFSC) and Ministry of Forest & Environment (MoFE), Government of Nepal; and Hariyo Ban II program that comprises of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Nepal, CARE Nepal, FECOFUN, and NTNC has developed a framework for assessment of vulnerability of forest ecosystems in Nepal. The CRFMS framework follows a “Science into Use” approach that can play an important role in enhancing the forest management. It aims to reduce the vulnerability of forests to climate change and the degradation of forest ecosystems due to anthropogenic drivers.

The web based decision support tool provides present and future climate sensitivity, forest degradation, forest vulnerability. In addition, this tool will depict “adaptation footprints” which are the areas requiring urgent attention because of high sensitivity to climate change and high levels of degradation of forest ecosystems. The products from this service and a web based decision support tool will depict “adaptation footprints” which are the areas requiring urgent attention because of high sensitivity to climate change and high levels of degradation of forest ecosystems. These will help decision makers pinpoint locations and enhance planning and management.