COMMUNITY FORESTRY AND LIVELIHOOD IN NEPAL: A REVIEW

作者：G. C. D. Bijaya, Samantha Cheng, Zhihong Xu, Jayant Bhandari, L. Wang, X. Liu · 发表于：The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences · 年份：2016 · 被引用次数：40 · 研究领域：Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management、Economic and Environmental Valuation、Forest Management and Policy

This review paper is designed to demonstrate how community forestry has played an important role in the livelihood improvement of poor people in the rural areas of Nepal. The Community Forestry Program in Nepal has been a successful model for participatory action oriented especially in environmen tal governance and community-based forest management in developing countries which encompasses well-defined policies, institutions and practices. The program addresses the twin goals of forest conservation on one hand and livelihood improvement on the othe r hand. It is well known that there is a great diversity among resource users in terms of access, use and control over community forestry but still it is playing a large role in improving livelihood, increasing forest resources and also mitigating climate change. Promoting community forest management in Nepal can be an effective policy instrument for poverty eradication and improvement of overall living standards like in many developing countries. There is always a problem of capture of the benefits by the elites in each community, so increase in the level of awareness is always necessary to ensure the involvement of disenfranchised people where their needs are met, so giving access and management rights over forest resources to local communities is expected to enhance livelihoods and other benefits of these impoverished people. Policy-makers, experts and the local communities should be involved in developing and improving the bene...