We have taken the opportunity of this joint issue to showcase some UK-funded research on the impacts of community forestry in Nepal. By allocating all of this issue to discussion of projects funded by one specific agency, in this case the UK Deparment for International Development (DFID), the Journal of Forest and Livelihood launches its new strategy of encouraging joint publications and anticipates responses from prospective collaborators.
Kate Schreckenberg and Hemant Ojha