The debate over production and protection oriented forest management is long-standing in various part of the world. Taking a case of scientific forest management (SciFM) of Nepal, we aimed to analyze how policy actors, their interests and interactions (networks) shape the discursive shift of forest management practices. We employed the discourse network analysis to diagnose the policy rupture of SciFM, by using various qualitative data collection methods, including experts' consultation (n = 6), key informants' interviews (n = 36 from 9 stakeholders' group), systematic review of Nepal-based literature (n = 30), review of national policy and study reports (n = 12), and experiential observation. We carried out the stakeholder mapping, including their pattern of interactions and inter-dependencies; and analyzed the power and influence over SciFM. Based on the navigation and analysis of the actors' network, pattern of interaction, and coalition for and against SciFM, we have intensively explained how SciFM, which was developed on the background of techno-bureaucrats' dominance for the last 25 years in Nepal, has been demolished within a year because of persistent ideation of the Federation of Community Forest Users, Nepal (FECOFUN), strong and (in) formal networking of politicians, FECOFUN, and high level bureaucrats and investigation committee. The inference that we draw from our study will have policy implications to other countries that have similar socio-political context. Based on our analysis of the discourse network, we suggest navigating the concerns and gaining (in) formal confidence of (possible) policy entrepreneur, including but not limited to political leadership irrespective of the scale and size of their interest (or need) for sustaining policy decision.

关于以生产和保护为导向的森林管理的争论在世界各地由来已久。以尼泊尔的科学森林管理 (SciFM) 为例，我们旨在分析政策参与者、他们的利益和互动（网络）如何塑造森林管理实践的话语转变。我们采用话语网络分析来诊断 SciFM 的政策破裂，通过使用各种定性数据收集方法，包括专家咨询（n  = 6）、关键知情人访谈（来自 9 个利益相关者组的n  = 36）、系统回顾尼泊尔文献（n  = 30），国家政策和研究报告回顾（n = 12）和经验观察。我们进行了利益相关者映射，包括他们的交互模式和相互依赖关系；并分析了对 SciFM 的影响力和影响力。基于对参与者网络、互动模式以及支持和反对 SciFM 的联盟的导航和分析，我们深入解释了过去 25 年来在尼泊尔科技官僚统治背景下发展起来的 SciFM，由于尼泊尔社区森林使用者联合会 (FECOFUN) 的持续构想，以及政治家、FECOFUN 和高级官僚机构和调查委员会的强大和（in）正式网络，已在一年内被拆除。我们从研究中得出的推论将对具有类似社会政治背景的其他国家产生政策影响。