Date of publication
May 13, 2022
Document Reference #
A/HRC/50/38/Add.2
Publishing Organization
Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
Document Type
Country Visit Report
Country
Nepal
Original Document
III. Situation of poverty and inequality in Nepal
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Protected areas
38. The lack of practical protections for land users, despite the guarantees of the 1964 Lands Act, particularly affects indigenous people (Janajati Adivasi). National parks and other “protected areas” in Nepal cover almost one quarter of the country. Most of these areas have been established on the ancestral land of indigenous populations, many of whom were evicted and have since remained landless. By some estimates, as of 2015, about 65 per cent of ancestral lands formerly owned by indigenous peoples had been replaced with national parks and reserves,49 forcing many Janajati to relocate elsewhere.