The foundation for the community forestry program was laid out in late seventies, and since then theprogram is being implemented in Nepal. With the successes of the community forestry approach, severalcomplementary models of participatory community based resource management came in operation, suchas Leasehold Forestry (LF), Collaborative Forest Management (CFM), user group based watershedmanagement and buffer zone forest management. These models are briefly explained below and thepresent status of the achievements in terms of handed over forest area is presented in Annex 4.