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This case study in Nepal presents the work of Community Self-Reliance Centre (CSRC), highlighting how riverbank communities in the Rapti River basin respond to erratic rainfall and intensified monsoon flooding. Through coordinated efforts of local farmers, cooperatives, self-help groups, and climate-focused organizations, communities have restored degraded land using low-cost soil conservation techniques, intercropping, and climate-smart agriculture practices despite ongoing challenges with informal tenure, which limits access to government support. CSRC conducted field observations, interviews with selected farmers and a community facilitator, and a review of relevant information to document local experiences and initiatives. The study aims to contribute to mainstreaming land rights in climate change discourse, undertaken as part of GFAiR’s Collective Action on Land Tenure and Climate Change, coordinated by ANGOC and funded by the European Commission.
