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Community Forestry Governance in Federal System of Nepal
Binita Dahal1, Rajeev Joshi*2, Bishow Poudel3, Manoj Panta4
1Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University, Hetauda, Nepal. Email: beenitadahal01@gmail.com | ORCID: 0000-0002-7390-3732
2Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, UK, India; Programme Coordinator, Amity Global Education (Lord Buddha College), CTEVT, Tokha -11, Kathmandu, Nepal. Email: joshi.rajeev20@gmail.com | ORCID: 0000-0003-1106-9911
3Faculty of Forestry, Amity Global Education (Lord Buddha College), CTEVT, Tokha -11, Kathmandu-44600, Nepal. Email: bishowpoudel0@gmail.com | ORCID: 0000-0003-10987-5666
4School of Environmental Science and Management, PU, Kathmandu, Nepal; Faculty of Forestry, Amity Global Education (Lord Buddha College), CTEVT, Tokha -11, Kathmandu-44600, Nepal. Email: manojpanta1994@gmail.com | ORCID: 0000-0003-1983-2432
*Corresponding author
Journal of Policy & Governance, 01(01) (August 2021), 30-45. http://dx.doi.org/10.33002/jpg010103
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This research was conducted to find out the relationship between Community Forests User Groups (CFUGs), local government, and provincial government concerning monitoring and management ownership. The benefit-sharing mechanism in community forestry has always been a point of discussion to deal with, that follows the share given by law and constitution. In this study, different stakeholders were interviewed to record the actual views of CFUGs, local political leaders, forest officials and others on forest use and management responsibility in the context of federal restructuring of Nepal. CFUGs along with local political leaders were found favoring to hand over the monitoring and management responsibility to the local government, whereas the forest officials were reluctant on this proposed arrangement. The forest officers considered that giving the functions of monitoring and management responsibilities to the local government would destroy the past successful history of community forestry in Nepal, and it would turn to massive deforestation along with degradation of forests in the name of development. Being the policy formulation process occurring on a provincial and local levels, a lack of coordination among local governments and CFUGs may create a major challenge in the forest management and utilization of resources. The benefit-sharing mechanism in both the scientifically managed and traditionally managed forests was found not following the provisions of the Forest Act, 2019 and 1993. In particular context of pro-poor livelihood activities and coordination with local government during the community development activities reflect weak governance. Proper coordination and cooperation among three tiers of government are necessary through involving the CFUGs in the local government planning process and support to CFUGs.
Keywords: Community Forestry; Coordination; Federal system; Governance; Nepal
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Dahal, B., Joshi, R., Poudel, B., & Panta, M. (2021). Community Forestry Governance in Federal System of Nepal. Journal of Policy & Governance, 01(01), 30-45. https://doi.org/10.33002/jpg010103
Dahal, B., Joshi, R., Poudel, B. and Panta, M. (2021). Community Forestry Governance in Federal System of Nepal. Journal of Policy & Governance, 01(01): 30-45. Doi: https://doi.org/10.33002/jpg010103
Dahal, Binita, Joshi, Rajeev, Poudel, Bishow, Panta, Manoj. 2021. “Community Forestry Governance in Federal System of Nepal”. Journal of Policy & Governance, 01(01): 30-45. https://doi.org/10.33002/jpg010103
Dahal B., Joshi R., Poudel B., & Panta M. Community Forestry Governance in Federal System of Nepal. Journal of Policy & Governance, 2021, 01(01), 30-45. https://doi.org/10.33002/jpg010103
Dahal, Binita, Rajeev Joshi, Bishow Poudel, and Manoj Panta. 2021. “Community Forestry Governance in Federal System of Nepal”. Journal of Policy & Governance, 01(01): 30-45. https://doi.org/10.33002/jpg010103
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