Forests

Towards pro-poor institutions: exclusive rights to the poor groups in community forest management

In spite of the widely accepted success of Community Forestry in reviving degraded land, it is still seen as being unable to provide tangible benefits to the poor.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2009
Sushma Bhattarai, Prakash kumar Jha, Niraj Chapagain
Livelihoods and Forestry Programmme
Tags:
Forests, Forest Policy, Community Forest Management (CFM), Forest Products, Rural Development, Community Groups, Nepal
Forests

Improving community-level governance: adaptive learning and action in community forest user groups in Nepal

Drawing on the experience of Livelihoods and Forestry Programme in Nepal, this paper makes the case for community-generated planning, selfmonitoring and evaluation for adaptive learning and good governance in community forest user groups (CFUGs) in Nepal. These processes, conceptualised as Adaptive Learning and Action

Publication Date: 
01/01/2009
& et al, RB Shrestha, Sohan L Shrestha, Sudil G Acharya
Livelihoods and Forestry Programmme
Tags:
Forest Education, Community Forest Management (CFM), Governance, Community Groups, Nepal