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Effects of Community and Co-management Systems on Forest Conditions: A Case of the Middle Hills in Nepal

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  • Towa TACHIBANA
  • Sunit ADHIKARI

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Does community management improve the conditions of local natural resources? With 104 randomly sampled forests in the Middle Hills of Nepal, we address this question. Forest conditions were evaluated by aerial-photo analysis and forest inventory. We find that co-management systems, which are the forest users groups registered at the local forest offices, contributed to increase tree regeneration. In the case of Nepal, the official support from the forest offices enhanced the functions of community management. However, community management systems without any external support are not ineffective. Our analysis suggests that they reduced the incidents of forest fire and grazing activity.

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  • Towa TACHIBANA & Sunit ADHIKARI, 2005. "Effects of Community and Co-management Systems on Forest Conditions: A Case of the Middle Hills in Nepal," GSICS Working Paper Series 3, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University.
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