Poverty and Resource Degradation Under Different Common Forest Resource Management Systems in the Mountains of Nepal
Poverty and Resource Degradation Under Different Common Forest Resource Management Systems in the Mountains of Nepal
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DOI：
10.1080/08941920490247209
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发表时间：
2004-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
B. Pandit;G. Thapa
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作者：
B. Pandit;G. Thapa
不同类型的森林管理系统在研究领域进行了分析，其次是评估非木材森林产品（NTFPs）的使用系统和收集的做法下，政府和社区管理的系统，其影响的森林和NTFPs的地位。面对因拥有小块土地和非农业就业机会稀少而产生的严重贫困，流域上游的村民从非木材森林产品的收入中获益匪浅。调查结果表明，共同森林资源的各个组成部分可以不同的方式管理，并以不同的速度退化。在政府和社区森林管理制度下，非木材森林产品的退化比木材更严重。然而，政府森林的非木材森林产品退化比社区森林更为严重。这种退化主要是由于缺乏适当的体制安排，包括缺乏可持续利用和管理非木材森林产品的全面政府政策框架。
Different types of forest management systems in the study area are analyzed, followed by an assessment of nontimber forest products (NTFPs) use systems and collection practices under the government and community-managed systems, and their implications for the status of forests and NTFPs. Confronted with severe poverty arising from small landholdings and scarce nonfarming employment opportunities, villagers in the upper portion of the watershed have benefited considerably from the income derived from NTFPs. Findings indicate that various components of a common forest resource can be managed differently and undergo degradation at different rates. NTFPs are undergoing degradation more seriously than timber under both government and community forest management systems. However, NTFP degradation is more serious in government forests than in community forests. Such degradation is due primarily to a lack of proper institutional arrangements, including the lack of a comprehensive government policy framework for sustainable use and management of NTFPs.