Community forestry governance: lessons for Cameroon and Nepal

JN Kimengsi, P Bhusal - Society & Natural Resources, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Community forestry (CF) signaled the institution of governance mechanisms for forest
management and community livelihoods. Till date, there is still a strong debate on the …

[HTML][HTML] Opportunities and barriers for wood-based infrastructure in urban Himalayas: A review of selected national policies of Nepal

A Saxena, WC Buettner, L Kestler, YS Kim - Trees, Forests and People, 2022 - Elsevier
Nepal is a landlocked developing nation in a fragile mountain landscape vulnerable to
seismic activity. The 2015 Gorkha earthquake highlighted how systemic social issues, such …

Holding social forestry hostage in Indonesia: Contested bureaucracy mandates and potential escape pathways

A Maryudi, MAK Sahide, MH Daulay, D Yuniati… - … Science & Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
The government of Indonesia continues to commit to social forestry as one of its cornerstone
rural development policies. Social forestry mechanisms aim to grant legal rights/permits to …

[HTML][HTML] Is community tenure facilitating investment in the commons for inclusive and sustainable development?

S Gnych, S Lawry, R McLain, I Monterroso… - Forest Policy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
With communities in many parts of the world achieving stronger, legally recognized,
collective rights over their forests and other natural resources, important questions arise …

Human-wildlife conflict in the community forestry landscape: a case study from two Middle Hill districts of Nepal

R Bista, C Song - Human dimensions of wildlife, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Our current understanding of human-wildlife conflicts (HWC) is limited beyond protected
areas. This article investigated HWC in community-forestry (CF) landscape in two Middle Hill …

A multi‐methods approach for assessing how conserving biodiversity interacts with other sustainable development goals in Nepal

B Adhikari, D Urbach, N Chettri… - Sustainable …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) requires a context‐specific
understanding of how actions to achieve one goal interact with others. We analyzed …

[HTML][HTML] Forest—People nexus in changing livelihood contexts: Evidence from community forests in Nepal

N Shahi, P Bhusal, G Paudel, JN Kimengsi - Trees, Forests and People, 2022 - Elsevier
Community forestry in Nepal has set an example of people's participation in forest
management. The direct dependency of local people on forest resources for livelihood …

Forest cover change and ecosystem services: a case study of community forest in mechinagar and buddhashanti landscape (MBL), Nepal

S Rijal, K Techato, S Gyawali, N Stork… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
The community-based forest management program has been successful in the conservation
of forest cover in Nepal. We investigated forest cover change for the Mechinagar and …

Post-permit social forestry: An analysis of the economic impact of the forestry revolving fund facility to the community of forest farmers

H Oktoyoki, EH Windari, B Pratama… - E3S Web of …, 2023 - e3s-conferences.org
Social forestry was expected to improve the welfare of local communities by supporting
people who live near the forest and rely on its natural resources while preserving their …

Determining the costs and benefits of Scientific Forest Management in Nepal

G Paudel, P Bhusal, JN Kimengsi - Forest Policy and Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Scientific Forest Management (ScFM) is gaining scholarly and policy attention in
Nepal. This interest validates the need for evidence on the costs and benefits for users in …