Community forestry in Nepal: a model of common property resource management

Property Rights and Natural Resource: Socio-economic Heterogeneity and Distributional Implications of Common Property Resource Management in Nepal

The relationship between socio-economic heterogeneity and distributional implications of community-based resource management is becoming a growing concern in issues of local level collective action. This study tries to examine the contested role of heterogeneity and equity of resource distribution in community-based property rights regimes in reference to community-based forest management in Ne...

Draft Not for Citation Methods of Studying Collective Action in Natural Resource Management: the Case of Community Forestry in Nepal

Community participation in forest resource management in Nepal

Introduction Community participation in resource management essentially means sustainable use and management of natural resources by people, living in and around a region integrated ecologically, socially and culturally. Age-old traditional practices have often been neglected in this modernizing world. Yet, traditional practices that have been sustained over generations may provide insights for...

Property Rights and Natural Resource : Socio - Economic Heterogeneity and Distributional Implications of Common Property Resource Management

Maoist Conflict, Community Forestry and Livelihoods: Pro-poor Innovations in Forest Management in Nepal

Violent conflicts are quite often perceived as a destructive and negative phenomenon, and there is little understanding of how they also offer opportunities for a positive change in the society. In particular, little is understood about how violent conflicts and development processes interact and create positive changes in local institutions and practices. This articl...