scholarly journals An Analysis of Local Participation in Community Forestry: The Case of Tinto and Bimbia-Bonadikombo Community Forest, Cameroon

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Mbunya Francis Nkemnyi
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Community Forestry ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Feedback Systems ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Theoretical Formulation ◽  
Local Participation ◽  
Community Forests ◽  
Participatory Policy

<p><em>Local participation in forest management remains a fundamental challenge to be solved despite the growing political and academic interest in participatory management. This study analyzed how community forestry implementation in Cameroon has affected the participation of local people using two case studies. In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were the main methods in data collection. The main findings revealed that majority of local community members (73.3%) were less informed of the purpose of community forestry. This limited participatory efforts in the implementation process. The creation and management process of the community forests were more focused on engaging influential actors rather than enabling social justice as proposed by the legislation. Marginalization of local community members, which community forestry was created to resolve was still evident. This study argues that although participatory policies are usually designed to benefit the less privileged, the outcomes most often do not match the purpose. There is need for participatory policy debates and development to go beyond theoretical formulation to crafting mechanisms and feedback systems that could ensure successful implementation and follow up. </em></p>

scholarly journals Disaster management strategies and relation of good governance for the coastal Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-279
Author(s):  
Prabal Barua ◽  
◽  
Abhijit Mitra ◽  
Saeid Eslamian ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Management Policies

Although Bangladesh’s immense steps in preparing the disaster management policies following the values of good governance issue, the quantity to which these policies have productively been executing at the local level remnants mostly unknown. The objectives of this investigation were dual: firstly, to inspect the roles and efficiency of the local-level governance and disaster management organization, and lastly, to recognize the obstacles to the execution of national the policies and Disaster-Risk-Reduction guidelines at the local community level. The authors applied qualitative research and case Study approach, using techniques from the Participatory Rural Appraisal toolbox to collect data from local community members as well as government and NGO officials. From the finding of the study, it was revealed that interactive disaster governance, decentralization of disaster management, and compliance by local-level institutions with good governance principles and national policy guidelines can be extremely effective in reducing disaster-loss and damages. According to coastal community members, the local governments have generally failed to uphold good governance principles, and triangulated data confirm that the region at large suffers from rampant corruption, political favoritism, lack of transparency and accountability and minimal inclusion of local inhabitants in decision-making – all of which have severely impeded the successful implementation of national disaster-management policies. This study contributes to these research gaps, with identification of further research agenda in these areas. The paper deals with International Sendai Framework that called for enhancement of local level community resilience to disasters. Thus, it contributes to numerous policy and practice areas relating to good disaster governance. The study identified the specific manifestations of these failures in coastal communities in Bangladesh. These results underscore the vital need to address the wide gap between national DRR goals and the on-the-ground realities of policy implementation to successfully enhance the country’s resilience to climate change-induced disasters.

scholarly journals Green Vegetation Cover Has Steadily Increased since Establishment of Community Forests in Western Chitwan, Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 4071
Author(s):  
Jie Dai ◽  
Dar A. Roberts ◽  
Douglas A. Stow ◽  
Li An ◽  
Qunshan Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Vegetation Cover ◽  
Vegetation Dynamics ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Community Forestry ◽  
Mammal Species ◽  
Community Forests ◽  
Green Vegetation ◽  
Local Residents

Community forests have been established worldwide to sustainably manage forest ecosystem services while maintaining the livelihoods of local residents. The Chitwan National Park in Nepal is a world-renowned biodiversity hotspot, where community forests were consolidated in the park’s buffer zone after 1993. These western Chitwan community forests stand as the frontiers of human–environment interactions, nurturing endangered large mammal species while providing significant natural resources for local residents. Nevertheless, no systematic forest cover assessment has been conducted for these forests since their establishment. In this study, we examined the green vegetation dynamics of these community forests for the years 1988–2018 using Landsat surface reflectance products. Combining an automatic water extraction index, spectral mixture analysis and the normalized difference fraction index (NDFI), we developed water masks and quantified the water-adjusted green vegetation fractions and NDFI values in the forests. Results showed that all forests have been continuously greening up since their establishment, and the average green vegetation cover of all forests increased from approximately 30% in 1988 to above 70% in 2018. With possible contributions from the invasion of exotic understory plant species, we credit community forestry programs for some of the green-up signals. Monitoring of forest vegetation dynamics is critical for evaluating the effectiveness of community forestry as well as developing sustainable forest management policies. Our research will provide positive feedbacks to local community forest committees and users.

scholarly journals IMPORTANCE OF MONITORING OF FOREST HEALTH IN MANAGEMENT OF COMMUNITY FORESTS (Case Study of HKM Beringin Jaya managed by KTH Lestari Jaya 8)

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-43
Author(s):  
Fansuri Fikri Haikal ◽  
Rahmat Safe’i ◽  
Arief Darmawan
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Community Forestry ◽  
Forest Health ◽  
Community Forests ◽  
Final Value ◽  
Forest Health Monitoring ◽  
The Right

Community forestry is a social forestry scheme in state forests. Hkm empowers communities around the forest area to increase the ability and independence of the local community. Forest health monitoring is still rarely applied in the management of HKm. Forest health monitoring results can be a reference in making the right decisions in managing HKm so that the results obtained can be optimal. This study aims to determine the results of forest health monitoring in Beringin Jaya HKm managed by KTH Lestari Jaya 8. The research was conducted using the Forest Health Monitoring (FHM) method. Forest health monitoring results show that there are 6 cluster plots with the final value of forest health status in cluster 1 (2.53) bad category, plot 2 (8.98) good category, plot 3 (6.31) moderate category, plot cluster 4 (10.51) category is good, cluster plot 5 (10.74) category is good and cluster plot 6 (8.98) category is good. Thus the results of forest health monitoring obtained by KTH Lestari Jaya 8 with an average final value of forest health status is moderate

scholarly journals Survival status of young plantations in Parbat district, Nepal

2018 ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
G. Paudel ◽  
R. Acharya
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
First Year ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Seedling Mortality ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Community Forests ◽  
Survival Status ◽  
Inadequate Information ◽  
June July ◽  
Eleven Species

In Nepal, a lot of resources have been invested for establishing plantations. Due to lack of assessment of the survival status of planted seedlings, we have inadequate information about how many successful plantations that we have established in the country. This study was carried out in fourteen community forests (CFs) of Parbat district with the aim of analyzing survival status of the planted seedlings. Plantation was done in June/July 2015 and total count of the seedlings was done in June 2016. In the studied CFs, eleven species were planted comprising 20,172 seedlings in which 58.57% seedlings were survived at the end of first year. The cause of seedling mortality was identified through observation, judgment and interaction with local people. The main causes of seedling mortality (52%) were due to small size and unhealthy seedlings, lack of care during transportation and handling. Forest fire, weeds, drought, disease and grazing were found to be responsible for the mortality of 17%, 12%, 10%, 7% and 2% seedlings, respectively. Regular monitoring of plantation area with the involvement of local community members is recommended for policy makers and assessment of survival rate of different species in different ecological regions is recommended for researchers. Banko JanakariA Journal of Forestry Information for Nepal Special Issue No. 4, 2018, Page : 21-26 

A State-Wide Effectiveness Trial of CTC in Pennsylvania

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abigail A. Fagan ◽  
J. David Hawkins ◽  
Richard F. Catalano ◽  
David P. Farrington
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
State Level ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Early Adopter ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Prevention System ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Outcome Evaluations ◽  
Wide Dissemination

This chapter provides an example of how a community-based prevention system can be delivered at scale and with quality, using a state-wide dissemination of CTC in Pennsylvania as an example. As an early adopter of CTC, Pennsylvania began funding coalitions to implement CTC and EBIs in the mid-1990s. The chapter describes how the state formed successful partnerships between local community members, prevention scientists, and state-level agencies, including the creation of a state-level organization to oversee and help ensure successful implementation of CTC coalitions and EBIs. The chapter also summarizes the results of process and quasi-experimental outcome evaluations conducted in Pennsylvania. These evaluations have shown that CTC communities have successfully created and sustained broad-based, high-functioning coalitions, selected and sustained EBIs, and experienced reductions in youth behavioral health problems.

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 Monitoring the performance of community forestry to achieve REDD+ goals through geospatial methods

2014 ◽  
Vol XL-8 ◽  
pp. 1295-1300 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Gilani ◽  
S. Krishna Gautam ◽  
M. S. R. Murthy ◽  
U. A. Koju ◽  
K. Uddin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Forestry ◽  
Satellite Image ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Spatial Distance ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Community Forests ◽  
Successful Model ◽  
Governance Practices

Measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) is included in the Cancun, Mexico, in 2010 under climate change agreements, as one of the most critical elements necessary for the successful implementation of any reducing of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries (REDD+) mechanism. Community forestry is recognised as a successful model for conserving forests, raising awareness among local people and decentralising the forest governance practices. In the world, Nepal is considered as a leader in community-based forest management. This study conducted in 16 community forests (2384.76 ha) of Kayar Khola watershed (8002 ha) of Chitwan district, Nepal. <br><br> In this paper, satellite images IKONOS-2 (2002) and GeoEye-1 (2009 & 2012) were used which have 1 m and 0.5 m ground spatial distance (GSD) respectively. Geographic information system (GIS) participatory approach was embraced for the boundaries delineation of community forests. Geographic object-based image analysis (GEOBIA) classification technique was performed and overall accuracy 94 % with 92.91 % producer’s and 96.2 % user's accuracies. Through change matrix method, 25.49 ha and 1.08 ha area deforested while 179.84 ha and 33.24 ha reforested in two time periods 2002&ndash;2009 and 2009&ndash;2012 respectively. Overall within 16 community forests, “Close broadleaved to Open broadleaved” 4.42 ha and 4 ha area is transferred between 2002&ndash;2009 and 2009&ndash;2012 respectively. While "Open broadleaved to Close broadleaved" 29.25 ha and 31.1 ha area is converted in seven years (2002&ndash;2009) and in three years (2009&ndash;2012) respectively. Coefficient of determination (R2) 0.833 achieved through a line-intercept transect between number of segmented and observed tree crowns. Maximum numbers of the counted trees exist below 20 m2, which show the forest of the study area is not mature and has capacity to sequestrate more and more carbon in coming years. A linear regress model obtained (AGB = 0.0543*CPA &ndash; 62.078 with R<sup>2</sup> = 0.76) by plotting the delineated crowns from satellite image and field based biomass values at 1ha grid. The present study was conducted in order to analyse, the performance of community forestry to achieve REDD+ goals by considering a sample of pilot project site in Nepal.

DIFFUSION AND ADOPTION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN SOUTH AFRICAN TELECENTRES: SELECTED TELECENTRES IN KWAZULU-NATAL

Mousaion ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blessing Mbatha
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovations ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Ict Tools ◽  
The Government ◽  
Types Of Information

This study investigated the usage and types of information and communications technologies (ICTs) accessible to community members in four selected Thusong Service Centres (TSCs or telecentres) in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). The telecentres that participated in the study were: Nhlazuka, Mbazwane, Dududu and Malangeni. The study was informed by Rogers’ (1995) Diffusion of Innovations (DoI) theory. Through a survey, four TSCs were purposively selected. A questionnaire was used to collect data from community members in the four telecentres involved. The data collected was tabulated under the various headings and presented using tables, frequencies, percentiles and generalisations with the help of the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The results indicated that a variety of ICT tools have been adopted in the TSCs to provide the local community with the much-needed access to information and improved communication. The government should ensure that adequate varieties and levels of ICT competence are offered to all the citizens. In conclusion, there is a need for sufficient and coherent government policies regulating the training of the local community to use these ICTs effectively.

Clinical dilemmas of routine outcome monitoring and clinical feedback: a qualitative study of patient experiences

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stig Magne Solstad ◽  
Gøril Kleiven Solberg ◽  
Louis George Castonguay ◽  
Christian Moltu
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Clinical Skill ◽  
Routine Outcome Monitoring ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Basic Training ◽  
Feedback Systems ◽  
Clinical Encounters ◽  
Outcome Monitoring ◽  
Clinical Feedback

Purpose: Routine outcome monitoring (ROM) and clinical feedback systems (CFS) are becoming prevalent in mental health services. The field faces several challenges to successful implementation. The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of these challenges by exploring the patient perspective. Method: We report the findings from a qualitative, video assisted interview study of 12 patients from a Norwegian mental health outpatient clinic using ROM/CFS. Results: Our analysis resulted in three pairs of opposing experiences with using ROM/CFS: 1) Explicit vs. implicit use of CFS information, 2) CFS directing focus towards- vs. directing focus away from therapeutic topics and 3) Giving vs. receiving feedback. None of these were intrinsically helpful or hindering. Participants had vastly differing preferences for how to use ROM/CFS in clinical encounters, but all needed the information to be used in a meaningful way by their therapists. If not, ROM/CFS was at risk of becoming meaningless and hindering for therapy. Conclusion: These findings confirm and provide further nuance to previous research. We propose to consider ROM/CFS a clinical skill that should be a part of basic training for therapists. How to use and implement ROM/CFS skillfully should also be the focus of future research.

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