Equity, Inclusion and Conflict in Community Based Forest Management: A Case of Salghari Community Forest in Nepal

Equity, Inclusion and Conflict in Community Based Forest Management: A Case of Salghari Community Forest in Nepal

The equity and inclusion issues are widely observed in Community Based Forest Management (CBFM) and Community Forestry (CF) is not an exception. Community Forest User Groups (CFUGs) are portrayed as robust grassroots institutions for forest management and group governance. However, many contemporary researches have shown that CFUGs are still governed by some influential local elites who hardly ...

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...

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...

A Forest Community or Community Forestry? Beliefs, meanings and nature in north-western Nepal

Challenges for service providers in community forestry governance: A case study of a community forest users group in Parbat, Nepal

This study was carried out in Bhodkhore Community Forest Users Group in Parbat district, Nepal with the overall objective to develop a clearer understanding of the challenges for service providers while working towards improving the Community Forestry governance. The primary data were collected through personal interviews, group discussions, key informant interviews and direct observations usin...