scholarly journals Comparison of Forest Stand Condition Between Thinned and Unthinned Blocks Under Collaborative Forest Management of Western Lowlands of Nepal

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kajol Belbase ◽  
Arun Sharma Poudel ◽  
Sagar Godar Chhetri
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Community Forestry ◽  
Forest Health ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Growing Stock ◽  
Shorea Robusta ◽  
Forestry Practices ◽  
Regeneration Status ◽  
Forest Condition

Abstract BackgroundAfter a successful implementation of community forestry practices, since 2003 collaborative forest management has been implementing in Nepal. Due to naive approaches of managing forest land in Nepal, the information regarding the forest condition under silviculture practices is very low. The purpose of the study was to understand the regeneration status in the harvested plot and make the comparison of crop stands between the thinned and unthinned plot. MethodHarvested, Thinned, and Unthinned block of Tilaurakot Collaborative Forest was chosen for the study. Eccentric circular plots with radii 11.29m was taken for trees, 5.64m for poles, 2.82m for saplings, and 1.78m for seedling was taken to collect data from each of the selected blocks. Altogether, 71 plots were taken from harvested (11), thinned (30), and unthinned (30) block. Results The result shows seedling and sapling in the harvested block were 14,974 and 3,368 per hectare, respectively. Also, the study identified that the number of seedling and sapling in the thinned block were higher than the unthinned block. However, the growing stock and basal area per hectare in the thinned block were lower than the unthinned block. The number of trees per hectare was lesser in the thinned block (86 per ha) than an unthinned block (140 per ha). Similarly, the number of poles per hectare were lesser in the thinned block (346 per ha) than an unthinned block (370 per ha). Also, the important valve index (IVI) of Sal (Shorea robusta) was found more than other species in harvested, thinned, and unthinned blocks. ConclusionsThe study suggest that the condition of regeneration was better after the opening of the canopy and thinning promotes the growth of trees and undergrowth vegetation. Thus, policy makers should give emphasis on using the silvicultural operations in forest management to maintain the forest health.

scholarly journals Regeneration, growth of Hill Sal and plant diversity in Community Forest: A case study from Pragatisil Community Forest in Kaski District, Western Nepal

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. K. Paudyal
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Shorea Robusta ◽  
Plot Size ◽  
Regeneration Status ◽  
M 10

The study was conducted in the Pragatisil Community Forest, Kaski District, Nepal in 2012 to assess the regeneration status of Sal (Shorea robusta) seedlings, its growth and plant diversity. A plot size of 25 m × 20 m was employed for trees, 10 m ×10 m for poles and 5 m × 5 m for regeneration. The growth parameters measured were dbh and height. A factorial arrangement of treatments was employed; the treatments being slope and aspect. The results showed that there was significant (p<0.05) effect of slope on dbh and basal area whereas there was no effect of aspect on growth parameters measured in the Pragatisil Community Forest. The regeneration of Sal was satisfactory (6,126 seedlings/ha), and there were 32 plant species in this forest. As there was higher basal area per ha in the Pragatisil Community Forest, it is recommended to have thinning of 40% of basal area for enhancing growth of remaining stems.Banko Janakari, Vol. 23, No. 2, 2013

Changes in vegetation characteristics following a decade of community forest management in mid-western Uganda

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Mawa ◽  
F. Babweteera ◽  
J.R.S. Tabuti ◽  
D.M. Tumusiime
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
Forest Sector ◽  
Community Forest Management ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Community Forests ◽  
Forest Condition ◽  
Vegetation Characteristics ◽  
Using Data

The last three decades have witnessed shifts in forest governance in favour of more inclusive approaches. In Uganda, two main approaches have been embraced in the forest sector: collaborative forest management and community forest management. However, there is scanty empirical evidence on how the latter has affected the forest condition over time. Using data from two bio-physical surveys (2006 and 2016) and Key Informant Interviews, this study examined changes in vegetation characteristics in two de facto community forests (Ongo and Alimugonza) over a 10-year period. The basal area and stem densities of tree species locally preferred for poles and charcoal declined in both forests due to extractive uses, some of which were illegal. The densities of those preferred for timber increased as a result of their heightened protection by the community members. However, the community members still faced challenges of apprehending rulebreakers due to the high costs involved and their informal recognition as responsible bodies since the two forests have not yet been declared "community forests" as required by law. The gains made by the approach amidst these challenges demonstrate its potential to achieve conservation goals.

scholarly journals Learning from community forestry experience: Challenges and lessons from British Columbia

2009 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Bullock ◽  
Kevin Hanna ◽  
D. Scott Slocombe
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Community Forestry ◽  
Forest Health ◽  
Forest Community ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Implementation Challenges ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Document Review

A multiple case study approach is used to investigate community forest implementation challenges in British Columbia, Canada. Stakeholder interviews, document review and visits to the case sites (Denman Island, Malcolm Island, Cortes Island and Creston) were used to collect data on events occurring between 1990 and 2005. In addition to case-specific challenges, our analysis confirmed common challenges related to a lack of support, consensus, and organizational resources as well as poor forest health and timber profiles, resistance from conventional forest management, and competition for land and tenures. Development pressure emerged as a challenge for communities without land use decision making authority. The final section offers some lessons and recommendations. Key words: community forest, community forestry, forest management, community-based natural resource management, local control, challenges, case studies

scholarly journals Potential Hurricane Wind Risk to US Rural and Urban Forests

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Cole ◽  
David J Nowak ◽  
Eric J Greenfield
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Forest Health ◽  
Urban Forests ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
The United States ◽  
Local Scale ◽  
Forest Damage ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Hurricane Wind ◽  
Rural And Urban

Abstract Hurricanes cause billions of dollars in damage annually in the United States and are projected to increase in intensity in the coming years. By exploring historical patterns of hurricanes and exposure of these hurricane-force winds across the landscape, areas of potentially high threat to future hurricane winds can be revealed. Combining potential threats from hurricane winds with forest data reveal the areas with the greatest potential threats to this important resource. Not surprisingly, most of the threats to forests occur in the Southeast, but the greatest threats to urban forests overall occur along the Northeast coast and in metropolitan centers in the Southeast. Overall, 4.6% of the nation’s rural forest basal area is within zones of the highest risk from hurricane winds. Information on regional and local scale variations in hurricane risk can be used to aid policies and local forest management to improve forest health and sustainability. Study Implications: By understanding the broad and small scale variations in potential exposure to hurricanes, forest managers can be better prepared to potentially minimize forest damage and help prepare for potential use or clean-up of damaged forest areas. Although the general patterns of potential risk to forests from hurricanes are not surprising, variations among counties and states can be used to help direct state and national policies, and local scale variations in risk can be integrated within forest management plans to improve long-term forest health and sustainability. Maps and data on potential future hurricane risks are available online.

scholarly journals Community forest management practices in far-western lowlands of Nepal

1970 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-34
Author(s):  
B Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Community Forestry ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Community Forest Management ◽  
Natural Forests ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Plantation Forests ◽  
Forest Condition ◽  
Community Forest User Groups

Wider discussions are held as to the contribution of community forestry program in Nepal to improve the forest condition and meeting the forest product requirements. This paper presents findings from a study of six Community Forest User Groups in far-western lowlands of Kailali and Kanchanpur in Nepal. The groups with natural and plantation forests have varied experiences in forest conservation and distribution of products. Some groups are resourceful in terms of availability of forest products from the natural forests. Others with plantation forests are product scarce from their own and depend on government managed forest and other sources to meet their demands. The role of concerned government authorities and federation of groups would be instrumental to analyse demand and supply, and make provisions for distribution of forest products within and outside groups and district. Key words: Community forest management, forest products, distribution, far-western low land   doi: 10.3126/banko.v18i2.2170 Banko Janakari, Vol. 18, No. 2, 25-34

scholarly journals Towards active utilisation of community forestry: Silvo-institutional model for sustainable forest management in Nepal

2018 ◽  
pp. 120-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. S. Paudel ◽  
H. Ojha ◽  
K. Shrestha ◽  
E. Cedamon ◽  
R. Karki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Community Forestry ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Institutional Barriers ◽  
Community Forests ◽  
Institutional Model

This paper explains what we term the ‘silvo-institutional model’ for a more productive, sustainable and equitable management of community forests in Nepal. The paper draws on four years of action research in six research sites of Kavre and Lamjung districts, complemented by the review of silviculture-based forest management by Government of Nepal in various parts of the country. The findings indicate that first, early silviculture-based forest management initiatives have failed because they did not adequately consider the policy and institutional dimensions. Second, current initiatives, while looked promising for the active utilisation of community forests, have faced with complex regulatory and institutional barriers. We argue that a new ‘silvoinstitutional model’, which combines technological and institutional dimensions, has a potential to increase the prospect of successful implementation of silviculture-based forest management.Banko JanakariA Journal of Forestry Information for NepalSpecial Issue No. 4, 2018, Page: 120-129 

scholarly journals Generation and utilization of community fund in small-scale community forest management in the Terai region of Nepal

1970 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maheshwar Dhakal ◽  
Misa Masuda
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Community Forestry ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Community Forests ◽  
Development Costs ◽  
Community Fund ◽  
Operation Cost

It has been widely recognized that constantly increasing community fund is one of the indicators of successful implementation of community forestry program in Nepal. However, a very few people know how the fund is collected under the program and it has been utilized so far. The paper is based on the generation and utilization of community fund of two-community forests in the Terai region. The community forests of the region have collected large amount of community fund annually from the sale of forest products and non-forestry sources as well. The study revealed that along with community fund increasing, office operation cost has been constantly increasing while utilizing the fund, whereas promotion of forest management and community development costs are essential for long-term sustainability of the program. Therefore, the study concluded that only the minimization of office operation cost could increase the forest management and community development costs based on the principle of trade-off, which is crucial to keep the people intact in community forestry program and its long-term sustainability. Keywords: community forestry, community fund, Terai, Nepal   doi: 10.3126/banko.v17i2.2156 Banko Janakari, Vol. 17, No. 2, 55-61

scholarly journals Assessing Forest Structural and Topographic Effects on Habitat Productivity for the Endangered Apennine Brown Bear

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 916
Author(s):  
Angela Anna Rositi ◽  
Giovanna Jona Lasinio ◽  
Paolo Ciucci
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Brown Bear ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
Topographic Effects ◽  
Forestry Practices ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Apennine Brown Bear ◽  
Stand Attributes ◽  
Forest Typology

Any forest management potentially affects the availability and quality of resources for forest-dwelling wildlife populations, including endangered species. One such species is the Apennine brown bear, a small and unique population living in the central Apennines of Italy. The conservation of this relict bear population is hampered by the lack of knowledge of the fine-scale relationships between productivity of key foods and forest structure, as this prevents the design and implementation of effective forest management plans. To address this issue, we sampled the main structural stand attributes within the bear’s range and used multivariate generalized linear mixed models in a Bayesian framework to relate forest structural attributes to proxies of productivity of key bear foods. We found that hard mast was positively associated with both forest typology and high forest system, but negatively related to both the time elapsed since the last forest utilization and the amount of deadwood. The availability of soft-mast producing species was positively related to past forestry practices but negatively associated with steep slopes historically managed with high tree densities and a low silvicultural disturbance. Our findings also suggest that herb cover was negatively affected by terrain steepness and basal area, while herb productivity was positively affected by northern and southern exposure. Additionally, richness of forest ants was associated with forests characterized by low volume and high density. Our findings confirm that the productivity of natural bear foods is strongly affected by forest structural and topographical characteristics and are relevant as preliminary information for forest management practices to support the long-term conservation of Apennine bears.

scholarly journals Vegetation Structure and Carbon Stock of Two Community Managed Shorea robusta Forests of Dhangadhi, Nepal

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (01) ◽  
pp. 11-18
Author(s):  
Gyanu Joshi ◽  
Krishna Prasad Sharma ◽  
Mukesh Kumar Chettri
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Stock ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Moisture Regime ◽  
Community Forests ◽  
Shorea Robusta ◽  
Regeneration Status ◽  
Strong Positive Relationship ◽  
Main Plot ◽  
Herb Diversity

Community forests play a vital role in sustainable development and storing carbon stock to mitigate global warming. This study aimed to assess the plant diversity, carbon stock and regeneration status of two Shorea robusta forests managed by the community - Manehara Community Forest (MCF) and Siddhanath community forests (SCF) of Kailali district, Nepal. These two forests differ in the moisture regime- MCF is with ponds and streams and is mostly wet, but SCF is primarily dry with no ponds and streams. To examine vegetation status and carbon stock in these two forests, twenty circular plots of 20 m radius was laid in each forest using stratified random sampling. Within each main plot, two subplots of 5m radius and three subplots of 2m radius were laid to study shrub and herb characteristics, respectively. Soil sampling was also done to analyze the role of soil moisture in carbon stock and regeneration. For this, soil samples of each plot were collected up to 20cm depth. Altogether 100 plant species were recorded from the study forests. Tree and shrub diversity was higher in MCF than in SCF, but herb diversity and seedling numbers were higher in relatively dry SCF than in MCF. The carbon stock of MCF (92.99t/ha) was higher than in SCF (51.94 t/ha). In both forests, carbon stock increased with the increasing basal area (P = 0.0001). A significant strong positive relationship (P = 0.0001) between density and carbon stock was found in SCF, but this relation was weak (P = 0.018) in MCF. Both community forests were fairly regenerating with a good number of small aged individuals, SCF shows an inverted J shaped density diameter (d-d) curve, whereas MCF shows a bell-shaped d-d curve.

Forest Management In Mongolia – A Review Of Challenges And Lessons Learned With Special Reference To Degradation And Deforestation

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 133-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Gradel ◽  
Gerelbaatar Sukhbaatar ◽  
Daniel Karthe ◽  
Hoduck Kang
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Forest Health ◽  
Hydrological Regime ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Ecosystem Functions ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Driven System ◽  
The Status

The natural conditions, climate change and socio-economic challenges related to the transformation from a socialistic society towards a market-driven system make the implementation of sustainable land management practices in Mongolia especially complicated. Forests play an important role in land management. In addition to providing resources and ecosystem functions, Mongolian forests protect against land degradation.We conducted a literature review of the status of forest management in Mongolia and lessons learned, with special consideration to halting deforestation and degradation. We grouped our review into seven challenges relevant to developing regionally adapted forest management systems that both safeguard forest health and consider socio-economic needs. In our review, we found that current forest management in Mongolia is not always sustainable, and that some practices lack scientific grounding. An overwhelming number of sources noticed a decrease in forest area and quality during the last decades, although afforestation initiatives are reported to have increased. We found that they have had, with few exceptions, only limited success. During our review, however, we found a number of case studies that presented or proposed promising approaches to (re-)establishing and managing forests. These studies are further supported by a body of literature that examines how forest administration, and local participation can be modified to better support sustainable forestry. Based on our review, we conclude that it is necessary to integrate capacity development and forest research into holistic initiatives. A special focus should be given to the linkages between vegetation cover and the hydrological regime.

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