The Forestry Section Strategy (FSS) (2016-25) is formulated to guide the future development of Nepal's forestry sector for the coming ten years. It is based on the framework of the Forest Policy 2015, past learning from the implementation of the Master Plan for the Forestry Sector, which came to an end in 2011, visualising the future political and socio-economic scenario of Nepal, and the generation of theory of change. The theory describes the steps and their linkages that will lead to the planned outcomes. It is presented in four parts with introduction as an entry point for the development of the Strategy. The second part presents the vision for Nepal's forestry sector. The third part describes what will be done to achieve the vision by focussing on the actions and approaches across the seven key thematic areas. The fourth part presents the delivery mechanism to achieve the vision, goals and milestones described in part three. The final part comprises annexes supporting the strategy. The FSS identifies eight strategic pillars which are integral to all seven key thematic areas.