Handover of Community Forestry: A Political Decision or a Technical Process?

Authors

  • Naya Sharma Paudel ForestAction Nepal
  • Mani Ram Banjade ForestAction Nepal
  • Ganga Ram Dahal Center for International Forestry Research, Indonesia

Keywords:

community forestry, rights, operational plan, handover, regulatory framework

Abstract

This paper examines the status of community rights under Community Forestry (CF) in Nepal. It takes approval, renewal and implementation of operational plans as the basis for assessing community rights. Based on three cases-one each from the three ecological sites in Nepal, the paper examines how community rights are shaped by the regulatory framework, behaviour of the forest bureaucracy, community institutions and political constituency around the CF programme. It shows that, despite official handover of community forests, their users are restricted from exercising their rights guaranteed by the country's policies and laws. It is observed that a latent hesitation exists among government field offices to fully transfer the rights to communities.

Key words: community forestry, rights, operational plan, handover, regulatory framework.  

Full text is available at the ForestAction website  

Journal of Forest and Livelihood 7(1) December 2008 pp.27-35

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Paudel, N. S., Banjade, M. R., & Dahal, G. R. (2009). Handover of Community Forestry: A Political Decision or a Technical Process?. Journal of Forest and Livelihood, 7(1), 27–35. Retrieved from https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JFL/article/view/2315

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2008)

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