ForestAction Nepal released a paper analyzing the legal framework of protected areas in Nepal in the context of governance, management, tenure regimes and institutional compliance. Contested Law: Slow Response to Demands for Reformulating Protected Area Legal Framework in Nepal observes that legal and regulatory provisions governing Nepal?s protected areas have not been adequately revised to suit current socio-political and ecological realities since Nepal?s political transition, nor do they reflect contemporary political discourse or popular demand.