(1) The Government of Nepal shall, in consultation with the Provincial Government, prepare an integrated or Province specific strategic plan for the management of the national forest within the Province and inter-Provincial forest.
(2) The Provincial Government may, subject to the strategic plan referred to in sub-section (1), make necessary provisions for the protection, development and utilization of the national forest within the Province and Inter-Provincial forest.
(3) The Division Forest Officer shall, subject to this Act, prepare a strategic plan of the national forest within his or her jurisdiction in a participatory manner, get it to be approved as prescribed and implement it.
(4) The Government of Nepal may manage any area within the national forest as a national project relating to forest.