Persistence and Change: Review of 30 years of Community Forestry in Nepal” is the first national study of the impacts of community forestry since the initiation of community forestry over 30 years ago. The study draws on a wealth of data and analysis and represents an important milestone for community forestry. The data collected during national surveys of community forestry user groups and individual households has been used to show some of the major changes that have occurred at household level through the building of community forestry user institutions.