4.3.3 National Environmental Institutions

(a) Ministry of Forests and Environment — the lead ministry: the policy (the NBSAP-and- climate strategies), the legislation (the EPA 2076's administration), the international faces (the MEA's focal point — the UNFCCC's-and-CBD's national reporting), the federal coordination (the three-level environment functions); the family (the departments' faces: the Forests, the National Parks, the Environment). (b) Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation — the protected areas' custodian: the parks-and-reserves' management (the Chitwan-Sagarmatha-and- the-others' network — the world heritage's sites); the wildlife's protection (the anti-poaching — the zero-poaching's celebrated record); the buffer zones' community faces (the conservation-and- livelihoods' balance). The wider national family (the exam's list): the Department of Environment (the monitoring-and-lab); the Forest Department (the forests' administration — the Forest Act 2076's machinery); the alternative-energy centre; the NPC's-and-local governments' faces; the NHRC's-and-courts' environmental jurisdiction (the U5.3.6's PIL world).