Trees outside forests (TOF) are integral components of rural livelihoods providing fodder, fruit, firewood, timber,<br>and other ecosystem services. The extent and magnitude of the contribution of TOF may vary with the different<br>socioeconomic and demographic factors of the households (HHs) within a community. Based on a comprehensive<br>survey of 78 HHs and an inventory of their farms in the Tanahun district, Nepal, this study assessed the species<br>diversity, richness, and carbon storage in TOF in various socioeconomic strata. We found 623 individual trees<br>representing 38 species and 21 families. Species diversity was the highest in the farmland owned by indigenous<br>people according to caste, middle-income class according to the well-being class, and farmers according to the<br>main occupation of the HH. Species diversity varied significantly with the amount of land, the number of<br>livestock, and the distance from one’s home to forests; furthermore, the carbon stock per HH varied significantly<br>with the amount of land, the number of livestock, caste, and well-being class. TOF contribute to a national carbon<br>budget and therefore need to be considered in nationally determined contributions and performance-based<br>payments in forestry systems (REDD+). Efforts to regularly measure and monitor TOF by including them in<br>the national forest inventory system are crucial to record their contributions to the overall livelihood of local<br>people and the national carbon budge
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