Nepal Foresters' Association (NFA), established on Tuesday 4 Marga 2031 BS Kartik Sukla Paksha Panchami 1095 NS (19 November 1974 AD), is one of the leading professional associations in Nepal. It is a forum where foresters can bring their collective thought and efforts for enhancing the prestige of their profession. Its main motto is to establish prosperity and progress of Nepal's forestry and foresters. It also guides its members to work in their professional capacity to ensure the continuous flow of productive, protective, and social goods and services from land, forests and biodiversity resources for general well being in perpetuity.

Some of the main objectives of NFA are:

• Help in developing the professional competence of the members;
• Boost the morale of the members;
• Enhance awareness among general public about the importance of the scientific management and conservation of forests, soil and watershed, wildlife and biodiversity;
• Exchange information on forestry, and related natural resources issues with national and international institutions;
• Provide expertise services on forestry, and related natural resources and environmental issues to any person, institution or government;
• Organize conferences, workshops, seminars, talk programs to discuss and suggest policy and technical matters on forestry and related natural resources issues;
• Play a leading role in assisting and advising the government to formulate sound natural resource management policies;
• Organize training and study tour programs for national and international foresters and related professionals and activists.

Nepalese citizens with a graduate or postgraduate degree in forestry or gazetted foresters are eligible for the corporate membership in NFA. Any person proposed by ten corporate members and three executive members and supported by the majority in the General Assembly can be awarded honorary membership. NFA has four types of membership, viz., corporate (general), life, volunteer, and institutional.

At present about 700 foresters have been registered as members in NFA. It has about 156 life members and six volunteer members too.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

All corporate members of NFA in total constitute the General Assembly. It is convened at least once in a year. The General Assembly is the supreme body of the association that guides, directs and controls the Executive Committee.

Every year, NFA gives various awards and prizes to various institutions and persons for their excellent works in the conservation and management of natural resources of Nepal. They are:

Besides these activities, NFA raise strong voice for the right and welfare of its members in regular basis when it needs. It also organises talk program in regular basis for strengthening its member capabilities. It also organises regular meetings for discussion in hot issues among its members. In fact, NFA is a mission to see and maintain sustainable natural resources conservation and management through scientific approach.

Membership fee and grants from different sources, and institutional fee from various services are the financial sources of NFA.

NFA office is located in Thamel, Kathmandu near Amrit Campus, but contact office is located in the premises of Forest Complex, Babar Mahal, Kathmandu, Nepal.

NFA is also managing a six-bed guest house office in Thamel, Kathmandu to provide lodging facilities to its members during their Kathmandu visit.