Gender just climate solution: Restoring Ecosystems Through Analog Forestry In Nepal

,In Nepal, the Women’s Empowerment Center (WEC) is leading a gender just climate solution! A community-based movement to regenerate degraded lands through Analog Forestry. By employing this ecologically sustainable approach, WEC is not only healing the land but also supporting women to take ownership of their environment. Their work is building climate resilience by bringing back biodiversity and improving livelihoods for local communities. WEC’s leadership is a powerful example of gender just climate solution and locally-led adaptation.

The Women Empowerment Center (WEC) is a local women’s organisation from Kirtipur municipality in the Kathmandu Valley. It is working to restore 1,000 square meters of degraded land. WEC was established in 2017 with the aim of empowering local women to become independent – both socially and financially. It has teamed up with Tewa-Women’s Fund of Nepal, and the International Analog Forestry Network (IAFN), to bring Analog Forestry to Nepal. Analog Forestry is a system of ecological restoration. It imitates natural forest systems, making use of natural ecological succession and forest functions. As such, it contributes to climate change adaptation and mitigation, enhances biodiversity and ecological resilience, and strengthens livelihoods. Under the guidance of  IAFN-trained Analog Forestry practitioners, WEC is now applying Analog Forestry techniques on the site of a former cement mine – an undulating, barren area within a local park.

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