Nepal case study Nepal’s Armed Conflict: Security Implications for Development and Resource Governance A brief preliminary discussion paper prepared for the forum on Security, Development, and Forest Conflict going to be hosted by the International Crisis Group and Fiona Hall MEP in Brussels on 8 and 9 February 2006 supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the UK Department for International Development (DFID), and the Netherlands Ministry for Foreign Affairs, in partnership with the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), the European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN), and ARD, Inc. Bishnu Raj Upreti, PhD Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South, South Asia Coordination Office Kathmandu, Nepal e-mail: bupreti@nccr.wlink.com.np January 2006 1