Tracking land disputes and justice gaps: 2025 Nepal Land and Resource Conflict Monitoring Report

The 2025 Land and Resource Conflict Monitoring (LRCM) Report shows that land reform in Nepal remains unresolved, with historical inequities, weak implementation, and government programs — especially large infrastructure  projects — driving persistent land conflicts. The 54 cases documented in 2025 affected 17,544 households across 5,512 hectares, disproportionately impacting Dalits, tenants, formerly bonded laborers, and informal settlers.

The findings highlight the urgent need for rights-based governance, independent monitoring, and enforceable accountability to protect vulnerable communities.

 

Founded in 1979, ANGOC is a regional association of national and regional networks of civil society organizations (CSOs) in Asia, actively engaged in food security, agrarian reform, sustainable agriculture, participatory governance, and rural development.