Participatory water governance has become highly influential around the world as a means
for managing water resources. Scholars and practitioners advocate for the inclusion of …

Over the past 40 years, Nepal has become renowned for its community-based forestry
policies, initiatives, and institutions, characterized by local autonomy in decisions about …

Proponents of forest devolution argue that by involving local people in forest management,
forest devolution can improve economic efficiency. While empirical evidence shows that …

Figure 8 Forest-use patterns in the study villages 54 Figure 9 Organisational set-up of the
NWFP forestry department 82 Figure 10 Means of obtaining construction timber 103 Figure …

Forests under pressure: Local responses to global issues Page 2 Forests under pressure: Local
responses to global issues Editors: Pia Katila Glenn Galloway Wil de Jong Pablo Pacheco …

Good governance in natural resource management (NRM) is one of the most challenging
issues in developing countries that often inappropriately embedded in national policies and …

Co-management arrangements are increasingly gaining popularity as an intervention to
overcome the shortcomings of centralized management that impede harmonization of …

The basic for the achievement of the community forestry rests within the Community Forest
User Groups (CFUGs). They are responsible to establish good governance, sustainable …

Over the past three decades, Nepal's Community Forestry program has undergone a
tremendous shift from state-centric and top-down to community-based participatory …

Community-based forest management (CBFM): It includes initiatives, sciences, policies,
institutions, and processes that are intended to increase the role of local people in governing …