Local vs official criteria and indicators for evaluating community forest management |
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| Authors: | Pokharel, Ridish K. Larsen, Helle O. |
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| Affiliation: | 1 Department of Social Forestry and Forest Management, Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University, PO Box 43, Pokhara, Nepal
2 Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| Abstract: | Processes to develop criteria and indicators (C and I) for sustainableforest management are often expert driven. Although the long-termobjective of the Nepalese forest policy is sustainable forestmanagement, no national level C and I specifically for thishave been developed. However, the Ministry of Forests and SoilConservation awards an annual prize to successful communityforest user groups (CFUGs) based on evaluation according to10 criteria. This study explored local C and I for successfulforest management in Nepal through six meetings with CFUG members.A total of 14 local criteria and 52 indicators for awardinga prize to successful CFUGs were identified, and comparisonwith official C and I was undertaken. Most conspicuously, localC and I focus more on environmental and governance-related aspectsthan the official list, and the official list leaves much tothe discretion of the evaluator. The study concludes that developmentof a national level C and I for sustainable forest managementcould benefit from involvement of local forest users. |
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