The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) forest certification was introduced in Nepal with an assumption that it improves forests and ecosystem services while addressing the drivers of forest degradation. As of today, 89 community forests (CF) have been FSC certified, however empirical evidence on the contribution of forest certification on carbon stock and species richness is lacking. This research, thus tries to answer the question “do certified community forests (CCF) maintain higher carbon stock and species richness compared to non-certified community forests (NCF)?” The study collected field level data during February–May 2013 from 88 experimental plots. The study found higher carbon stock (p<0.05) and species richness, and lower ecological threat index (p<0.10) in the CCF, compared to NCF. The study showed that forest carbon stock is positively related to species richness, and negatively to ecological threat index. It suggests that sustainable forest management practices, that is generally adopted in the CCF, would minimize ecological threats, enriches species leading to enhanced carbon stock.

尼泊尔引入了森林管​​理委员会（FSC）的森林认证，其前提是可以改善森林和生态系统服务，同时解决森林退化的驱动因素。到今天为止，已经有89个社区森林（CF）获得FSC认证，但是缺乏关于森林认证对碳储量和物种丰富度的贡献的经验证据。因此，这项研究试图回答“与非认证社区森林（NCF）相比，认证社区森林（CCF）保持更高的碳储量和物种丰富度吗？”的问题。该研究在2013年2月至5月期间从88个实验地块收集了田间水平数据。研究发现较高的碳储量（p <0.05）和物种丰富度，较低的生态威胁指数（p与NCF相比，CCF中的<0.10）。研究表明，森林碳储量与物种丰富度呈正相关，与生态威胁指数呈负相关。它表明，CCF中普遍采用的可持续森林管理做法将最大程度地减少生态威胁，丰富物种，从而增加碳储量。