Milan Dhungana

Sustainable Forest Management in Community Forest

(A Case Study From One of the Community Managed Forests in Makwanpur District, Nepal)

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The case study was carried out in Ashok Community Forest and User group of Makwanpur district. The study aimed to assess the status of sustainable forest management of CF and the condition of forest as well. Different Criteria and Indicators (C&I) were used for the sustainability assessment. Criteria and Indicators used were first selected from C&I made by different organizations (ITTO, CIFOR). Those C&I were re-constructed to fit with objectives and local condition in the study area for their compatibility with management objectives and other prevailing local conditions. In total 77 indicators under 5 criteria were selected for social and ecological sustainability assessment. PRA tools were used for socio-economic data and ecological data were collected through resource inventory and rapid vegetation assessment. Achieved data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively by different statistical tools. It was found that the forest condition of growing stock and regeneration of the forest is good. The sustainability of the community forest in social terms is found more effective than that of ecological terms.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 84
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 143g
• ISBN-13: 9783846556016
• ISBN-10: 3846556017
• Artikelnr.: 34515071

Autorenporträt

I am an Undergraduate from Tribhuvan University, Nepal and now working as an Assistant Research Officer in Department of Forest Research and Survey under Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation Nepal. I have visited India and Germany to get some experience of forest management during study and service in various scholarships/fellowships.