Resource availability and indigenous forest management systems in Nepal

Bibliographic Data

ID12163233
AuthorsD A Gilmour (corresponding author)
Year1990
Volume3
Issue2
Pages145-158
Publication date1990-04-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociety & Natural Resources (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0894-1920 • E-ISSN: 1521-0723
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/08941929009380714
OpenAlexW1990523271
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited7

It is a widely held view that Nepal has undergone widespread deforestation. The reality is that although some parts of the hill regions have lost a great deal of their forest cover, many others are still well covered. It is postulated that villagers respond to shortages of forest products by developing indigenous systems for managing the forests under their control. This is in spite of the fact that the legal ownership of most of the forests rests with the government. The type of system that arises and the way it develops depend on the “perceived need”; of the villagers for particular forest products. A model is described that explains the various reactions of individuals and community groups in terms of resource availability. This also allows insights into why externally sponsored community forestry programs may succeed or fail

Agroforestry · Business · Community forestry · Deforestation (computer science · Economic shortage · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Forest cover · Forest management · Geography · Government (linguistics · Indigenous · Natural resource economics · Resource (disambiguation · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Ecology · Forestry

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