Managing renewable natural resources in hillside and mountain areas is critical to sustaining these resources and the livelihood opportunities they present, especially to marginal farmers. This publication presents the findings of a Symposium and Research Workshop on Renewable Natural Resources Management for Mountain Communities held in Nepal in 2003. The papers describe the results of research undertaken by ICIMOD’s People and Resource Dynamics in Mountain Watersheds Project (PARDYP) and the Natural Resources Systems Programme –Hillsides (NRSP) of the Department for International..