Editorial

Abstract

We are pleased to bring the second issue of the Journal of Forest and Livelihood despite some delay. What we have learnt through the experience with the first and the second issue is that producing a Journal of this quality from a country like Nepal, where there is a poor information infrastructure, is a daunting task. The challenges lie in all aspects of management: getting quality
articles, getting the time of quality reviewers and editors, and finally getting serious readers who are willing to pay for the journal. We hope to cope with these challenges with stronger collective action, through increased number of serious editorial advisors, readers and contributors. We left the areas of articles open, and got more number of articles this time, compared to the first
issue. There were a few articles from outside Nepal also, but our editorial policy, which has a focus on Nepal based empirical articles, did not allow us to consider them. One important element of the editorial policy that we would like to reiterate is that this journal is not completely theory based, comparing data globally, but focuses on generating evidences from Nepal which may help prove or disprove, compare and contrast certain theoretical propositions. In this sense, it falls in-between the theory based highly. academic journals and free-style issue-based writings.