Nepal forestry handbook download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. This paper provides brief introduction to the forest and community forest in nepal and context and status of community forest in nepal. Liu1 1institute of geographic sciences and natural resources research, chinese academy of sciences, beijing 10010, china 2university of chinese academy of sciences, beijing 49. Community forestry pays off for nepal cifor forests news. Department of forests the main objectives of the department of forests relating to community forestry include.
Community forestry is a participatory forest management system in nepal that was started in the late 1970s. Growing businesses in tourism, allnatural products and timber sales are popping up across the forest landscape, boosting local incomes, especially for women, while encouraging sustainable forest management. Forestry plan x scientific management by the state x gender and women issues remained silent 1988s master plan for forestry sector x peoples participation x community forestry x basic need fulfillment x participation and women involvement in forestry 2000 revised forest policy x multiple models of community based management x commercial forestry. It incorporates distinct policies, institutions and practices. It was initiated in nepal to mitigate increasing deforestation and forest degradation and address the negative impacts on rural livelihoods. Community forest community forest means a national forest handed over to an users group pursuant to section 25 for its development, conservation and utilization for the collective. To implement and coordinate community forestry plans and programmes. Secondary sources include management plan of the community forests, constitution of the forest user groups, and national community forestry database of nepal. Participatory approaches to planning for community forestry.
Fecofun publishes different kinds of publication materials related to natural resources in general and community forestry in particular. The conference, which took place at the annapurna hotel november 2930, 2018, brought together more than 60 participants from 28 institutions. Apr, 2014 ghan shyam pandey coordinator, gacf chairman, green foundation nepal email. Forest products preference of rural economic spectrum in the. Evidence from community forestry in nepal, forest policy and economics, elsevier, vol. Different studies are conducted by researchers to assess the role of. Drawing on a study of 11 forest user groups fugs in the middle hills region, the paper examines the process of fug formation and postformation support. It aims to improve the living conditions of local people by supporting fugs to manage community forests more effectively, sustainably and equitably. Community forest management is one of the successful stories of green economy sectors in nepal recognized by the united nation environment programme. The federation of community forestry users nepal fecofun is a formal network of forest user groups fugs from all over nepal. Ghan shyam pandey coordinator, gacf chairman, green foundation nepal email. Community forests in nepal are built on the experience of other countries around the world, especially its neighbors in south asia. The project documented changes in tree cover in nepal between 1990 and 2015.
Community forest community forest means a national forest handed over to an users group pursuant to section 25 for its development, conservation. Nepal around the chitwan national park in southern nepal, forests are supporting the emergence of a host of sustainable local businesses. Nepal forestry handbook download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Review of the community forestry program in nepal, a collaborative effort between the government and its development partners. This paper outlines the policy context and resource base for community forestry in nepal. In recent years, community forestry has become an integral part of the ministry of agriculture, water and forestry community based natural resource management cbnrm programme. In recent years, community forestry has become an integral part of the ministry of agriculture, water and forestry communitybased natural resource management cbnrm programme. To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, im or document to embed the entire object, paste this html in website to link to this page, paste this link in email, im or document. A questionnaire was designed for group interview that consists of two environmental impact related concepts. Community forestry is an evolving branch of forestry whereby the local community plays a significant role in forest management and land use decision making by themselves in the facilitating support of government as well as change agents.
Forest management and evolution of community forestry cf. Support to mofsc in formulation of concepts, policies, acts, rules etc to protect, manage and utilize community forests. The community forestry program in nepal is a government effort to reduce forest degradation and to promote sustainable forestry practices as well as to improve the livelihood of the community. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Forest for prosperity, vision of forestry sector of nepal. Fecofun emerged from the idea that forest users from all parts of the country should be linked in order to strengthen the role of users in policy making processes.
However, even progressive forest management institutions such as nepal s community forestry programme have failed to address this issue. Community forestry and local development citeseerx. Community forestry in nepal an overview the community forestry program in nepal encompasses a set of policy and institutional innovations that empower local communities to manage forests for livelihoods, while also enhancing conservation benefits. Policy brief policy provisions, gapsand challenges of. As more than 70 percent of nepals population depends on agriculture for their livelihood, community management of forests has been a critically important. Drawing on a study of 11 forest user groups fugs in the middle hills. The knowledge of forestry can be used to create a system which does not harm nature and is accepted by the community. Forest products preference of rural economic spectrum in. Status, issues and lessons learned article pdf available in international journal of sciences 6march 2017 03. Forestaction nepal and livelihood and forestry program, kathmandu, nepal.
It is considered as one of the most wellestablished and successful models in the region, with a positive impact on both communities livelihoods and on the condition of the forests. Forest products, community forest, household economic status, preference. Forest management and evolution of community forestry cf in. Community forestry in nepal indiaenvironmentportal. Women and collective action 231 in these cfugs was 1. The program addresses the twin goals of forest conservation and poverty reduction. Handing over of accessible forest areas as community forests to the forest user groups for management and utilization of forest resources. The pf and ppf rules box 2 allowed for the transfer of responsibility for forest management from the government to the local panchayat as panchayat forest pf1 and panchayat protected forest ppf2 joshi 1993.
Decentralized forest governance ganga ram dahal and apsara chapagain nepal s community forestry has become an example of progressive legislation and policies in the decentralization of forest management. Indeed, throughout the world, community forestry is recognised as having far more potential bene. Pdf community based forest management cbfm is a system of managing forest by the participation of local community for the mutual. Impacts of community forestry to date there has not been a direct and comprehensive study of livelihood impacts of community forestry across a large number of sites in nepal, although several studies have been conducted in a modest way, in a small number of sites, in recent years. Nepal has a long history of community forestry, with the first community forests set up 30 years ago. Click download or read online button to get nepal forestry handbook book now. Although several pilot projects in namibia have been involved with community forestry since the early 1990s, procedures have varied from site to site. Historical experience shows that unless people are given user rights and ownership to control and make decisions, people lose interest in active practices of forest management. The growing challenge of food insecurity in the global south has called for new research on the contribution of forests to food security. In order to understand the context and particular designs and objectives of nepals community forestry program, key literature. The use and usefulness of inventorybased management planning to forest management. We hope to restore the service to all relevant content as soon as possible.
Community based forest management cbfm is a system of managing forest by the participation of local community for the mutual benefit of forest and local people. Community forestry is one of the most popular participatory forest management practices in nepal started in 1970 after realization of the peoples participation in the sustainable development by the government of nepal. An overview of the project methodology and study sites is provided in springatebaginski et al. Furthermore, decisions were made according to the interest.
Protecting forests, improving livelihoods community. It is part of the government policy of transferring national. Community forestry in nepal has had a positive image not only in the fields of development and natural resource management, but also more widely from a governance perspective, with the assertion that the locallevel institutions for forest management known as community forest user groups or cfugs and their networks provide a model of democratic. Submit, in a separate electronic file, a scanned version of the official, signed letter conveying. Nepal has been implementing cbfm approach for the forest through differently named. Hill community forestry in nepal 55 community management of forests in mexico 57 table of contents responsive and relevant to the needs and interests of rural people with a stake in forests. The effects of the nepal community forestry program on. Nepals experiences in community based forest management. Community forestry is being redefined, not as a separate form of forestry but.
Community forestry publications community forestry notes. From passive management to health and wealth creation from nepals community forest. These materials include books, diaries, calendars, and posters, regular and final reports of different programs, reports of general assembly of fecofun central and publications of district branches of fecofun. Gilmour and fisher 1991 defined community forestry as the control, protection and management of forest resources by rural communities for whom trees and forests are an integral part of their farming systems. Mapping forest dynamics in the middle hills of nepal. Establishment of community forestry in nepal is a successful step in conservation of forest. Community forestry management and its role in biodiversity. Community forestry department of forests and soil conservation. Community forestry programs in nepal and their effects on. A case study from the siraha and saptari districts, nepal, 1993 e. Community forestry programme through the local forest users group has shown its positive impacts in the. Proceedings of the fourth national workshop on community forestry, community forestry division, department of. Abstract nepals community forestry is considered as one of the popular model of decentralization in natural resource management.
The nepaluk community forestry project works with fifteen hundred forest users groups fugs in seven of the hill districts of nepal. Gender mainstreaming in national forest policy in nepal. Dec, 2017 nepal around the chitwan national park in southern nepal, forests are supporting the emergence of a host of sustainable local businesses. Pdf community forest management is one of the successful stories of green economy sectors in nepal recognized by the united nation. The implementation process of community forestry demands rapid institutional change at department of.
The program was launched in the mid 1970s as part of an effort to curb the widely perceived. Community forestry management cfm originates in nepal due to the progressive degradation of hill forests caused by institutional failure. Journal of forest and livelihood 31 july, 2003 dev, o. While creating such a system you cant ignore nature and community.
Nepals community forestry cf process has implied the devolution of. Protecting forests, improving livelihoods community forestry. Decentralized forest governance ganga ram dahal and apsara chapagain nepals community forestry has become an example of progressive legislation and policies in the decentralization of forest management. Community forests are national forests handed over to the local user groups for protection, management and utilization.
In 1995, with the objective of securing community forestry users right one national level federation cso was formed federation of community forestry users nepal, fecofun having its chapter in each district of nepal. Communitybased forest management in nepal scientific. Fecofun emerged from the idea that forest users from all parts of the country should be linked in order to strengthen. It involves the participation and collaboration of various stakeholders including community, government and nongovernmental. In nepal, community forestry cf has about four decades of history. Community forestry is a branch of forestry that deals with the communal management of forests for generating income from timber and nontimber forest products as forms of goods while in other hand regulating ecosystem, downstream settlements benefits from watershed conservation, carbon sequestration and aesthetic values as in forms of services. It has attracted international attention because in nepal, decentralization is linked with emerging. However, even progressive forest management institutions such as nepals community forestry programme have. However, the level of participation may be varied according to the modalities and tenure arrangements.
In addition, the average forest area per household in these cfugs is only 50 percent of the average forest area per household for mixedsex cfugs. Abstract community forestry user groups cfugs are hetrogenious in terms of social and economic conditions, which. Sustainability and impacts on common and private property resource management. Impacts of community forestry on livelihoods in the middle. Pdf community forestry management and its role in biodiversity. In order to understand the context and particular designs and objectives of nepal s community forestry program, key literature. Community forestry in nepal pages forestaction nepal. Federation of community forestry users nepal fecofun. Forest users and environmental impacts of community.
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