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ArticleSocioeconomic and ecological factors driving agriculture land use in community-forest landscapes in the middle hills of Nepal
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
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No results found.Cropland abandonment has been a global land management issue for several decades. Studying the factors contributing the cropland abandonment enable us to understand the dilemma facing agriculture land management and crucial for agricultural and natural resource policy development and implementation. Previous studies conducted to understand the cropland abandonment mostly overlooked multiple socioeconomic and biophysical factors, together with natural factors. We used a multi-level logistic regression model and quantitative analysis to investigate status and farmers' perceptions of cropland abandonment and analyzed factors contributing to it. We surveyed 415 households and collected 1264 land parcel profiles from 15 community forest user groups. Our results show an increasing trend of cropland abandonment due to multiple socioeconomic, ecological, and biophysical factors. The likelihood of cropland abandonment increased with household characteristics such as having more migrants, female-headed, non-agriculture occupation of household head and, having a larger amount of agriculture landholding. The study also showed that land parcels far from households, close to the forest edge, with shading effects, higher in slope, were more likely to be abandoned. This paper also identifies the effects of policy-relevant variables on choices to agriculture practices in the rural community of Nepal. ID: 3478783 -
ArticleSocial forestry programs: A responsible investment to support sustainable forest management and provide alternative income for local communities, Indonesia
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) has had a long experience in Indonesia to support the sustainable forest management. The CBFM approach has evolved into a new model, i.e., Social Forestry (SF). The SF drives to a more legal access from local community to utilize forest area. This SF opens opportunity for a more responsible investment by private sector to create cooperation’s with community organizations. The Forest Investment Program-1 implements CBFM through SF and has conducted activities in 17 villages, targeted a 17,000 ha into an agreement between communities with FMU and private sectors. A SWOT analysis is used to identify potential commodities in the targeted village and also to assess capacity of community organization. Interviews and focused group discussions were conducted to facilitate the development of a proposed cooperation with external parties for potential investment. Within the FIP-1 villages, there are five licenses for Social Forestry. Additionally, 6 new licenses are in the process. A total of USD 5 Million investment is planned for 17 villages. In average, for those 5 villages that has obtained SF licenses, a total of USD 1.6 Million have been invested in creating alternative livelihood, including USD 100 K/village for bee keeping, aquaculture and handicraft business development, USD 1.3 M for forestry program, and USD 222 K for village infrastructure program. Keywords: social forestry, sustainable forest management, Kalimantan, community forest ID: 3488277 -
ArticleEmpowering local communities to protect forestry resources and reverse deforestation and forest degradation in high value Chilgoza forests in the Kalash valley of Pakistan
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.The Kalash valley of Chitral district of Pakistan possesses unique culture and forestry resources, including the Chilgoza forests, which are of high conservation value and a major source of livelihood. Chilgoza trees grow very slowly, thrive in high mountain areas of difficult access, and have a very low rate of survival in reforestation. The total forest area in the valley is 7 530 hectares with a population of 11 650. Forestry resources are limited and subject to deforestation and degradation, mainly due to fuelwood collection and animal grazing. 78 percent of these forests are understock and 74 percent of them have little to no regeneration. This has dire implications for the local communities who depend on the forests for products and services. Following the Kalash community’s request to reverse deforestation and forest degradation, FAO developed a project under The Restoration Initiative (TRI) in line with the national initiative “Clean and Green Pakistan”. It aims to empower local communities and engage them in the conservation and management of the Chilgoza forest by supporting the gender-inclusive Chilgoza Forest Protection and Conservation Committees (CFPCC). As the CFPCCs are endorsed by the provincial Forest Department, they are empowered to implement rules and regulations. The CFPCC set rules for forest protection (such as stopping the illicit cutting of trees, regulating livestock grazing, protecting wildlife, overseeing the harvesting of non-timber forest products) as well as for the harvesting of Chilgoza cones to prevent both overharvesting and the collection of immature cones. Improved Chilgoza cone harvesting tool sets have been provided and 12 assisted natural regeneration sites have been set up where local communities ensure grazing exclusion. Through local value addition for the Chilgoza nut, local communities increase their revenue. Local empowerment of communities allows for significant deforestation and degradation reduction. Key words: Deforestation and Forest Degradation, Innovation, Gender, Economic Development ID: 3485821
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