scholarly journals Private Forests in Nepal: Status and Policy Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Swoyambhu M. Amatya ◽  
Prakash Lamsal
Keyword(s):  
Present Status ◽  
National Level ◽  
Timber Harvesting ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Private Land ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Private Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Private Forests

 This paper reviews and analyses the present status of private forests and tenure administration in light of existing legal, policy, and regulatory frameworks in Nepal. Additionally, the present status of private forests, as well as the scenarios of timber harvesting, transportation, marketing, and their administration are thoroughly revised. Provisions regarding forests and trees on private land and their basis are examined and implications are articulated for potential policy improvements for enhanced tenure security. It is shown that robust national-level policies and legal frameworks exist, and that there is an increasing trend of timber flows to markets from private forests over the past five years. However, there is still skepticism, mistrust and fear amongst private forest owners, saw millers, and forest administration that prevents the full use of the bundle of rights that legal and policy provisions have promised. An unusually slow pace of private forest registration, lengthy and multi stage processes for obtaining harvesting and transportation permits, and official bans on important commercial species, among others, are found to be the factors that most hinder the private forest owners’ and tree growers’ interests, and their rights and obligations with respect to the management and use of their private forest resources. It is concluded that a simplified permitting process along with programmatic support would promote and help to grow private forestry and that Nepal’s experience and lessons learned from community forest implementation would be a great asset to move towards this end. Connecting community forest user groups for organised and cooperative action, and mobilising their institutional strength and accumulated funds for pro-farmer technical and regulatory support would allow farmers to intensify tree plantations and forest management. Further steps are required to convince policymakers and secure necessary budgetary support to this end..

scholarly journals Pengelolaan Hutan Rakyat Oleh Kelompok Pemilik Hutan Rakyat Di Desa Bandar Dalam Kecamatan Sidomulyo Kabupaten Lampung Selatan

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Slamet Budi Yuwono ◽  
Rudi Hilmanto
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Private Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Private Forests ◽  
The Social ◽  
Private Forest Management ◽  
Evaluation And Monitoring

The private forest is one of the alternative solutions to the pressure of forest resources. The benefits to be gained from private forests management includes fulfill the needs of wood, increase public revenues, and increase the productivity of land.  The benefit has received by the public depends on the management carried out by private forest owners. The purposes of this study were to determine the social and economic characteristics of people who participate in managing private forests, and to determine the level of private forest management covers all aspects of planning, organizing, actuating, evaluation and monitoring. The research was conducted on August till September 2014 in Bandar Dalam village Sidomulyo District of South Lampung. The numbers of samples were 38 respondents by simple random sampling method. Data analysis methods used qualitative descriptive analysis. The results,were it can be concluded that: (1) the social and economic characteristics of the people who manage private forests mostly included in the productive age work and have a second job, amount of family burden is only a bit, and private forests land that they manage quite extensive so that their income quite high, although most low level of education; and (2) private forest management consisted of the planning aspect in medium category, organizational aspect in medium category, planting implementation aspect in both category, implementation of maintenance aspect in medium category, harvesting implementation aspect in both category, marketing implementation aspect in poor category, and monitoring-evaluation aspect are in medium category. Overall level of private forest management is medium category. Key words: Private forest, forest management, private forest owners

Privatwaldeigentümer mit und ohne landwirtschaftlichen Hintergrund im Kanton Bern

2014 ◽  
Vol 165 (12) ◽  
pp. 377-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Astrid Zabel ◽  
Alexandra Dittgen
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Mail Survey ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Private Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Private Forests ◽  
Forest Ownership ◽  
Wood Harvest ◽  
Leisure And Recreation ◽  
High Degree

Private forest owners with and without agricultural background in the canton of Bern In Switzerland, private forest ownership was traditionally closely tied to agricultural farms. With the ongoing structural change in the agricultural sector, there is a growing number of private forest owners who do not have an agricultural background. In order to design policy measures, e.g. to increase wood harvest in private forests, it is necessary to understand the aims and motivations of these owners. This paper investigates to what extent private forest owners without an agricultural background differ from those with such a background. The analysis builds on empirical data collected in a representative, mail survey among private forest owners in the canton of Bern. Contrary to a wide-spread assertion that forest owners without an agricultural background have little forest-specific knowledge and lack interest in their forests, this study finds that they are often interested and estimate to have a high degree of knowledge. In accordance with studies conducted in Austria and Germany the results show that to forest owners without an agricultural background generating income from their forests is often a secondary goal. Leisure and recreation are often given higher priority.

scholarly journals Conservation perspectives of small-scale private forest owners in Europe: A systematic review

AMBIO ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malin Tiebel ◽  
Andreas Mölder ◽  
Tobias Plieninger
Keyword(s):  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Private Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Private Forests

AbstractPrivate forest owners are the main forest ownership group within Europe, and important conservation values have been found on their land. Yet, small plot sizes, societal heterogeneity, and structural changes impede developing and implementing effective conservation programs in private forests. We present a systematic literature review focusing on small-scale private forest owners and their perspectives on nature conservation by synthesizing research approaches, social-ecological drivers, and policy recommendations. Conservation perspectives were positively related to female gender, higher levels of education, formalized forest management, an active relation to the forest, and ecological values of the property. In contrast, high age, rural orientation, economic forest management factors, large parcel size, and economic and sentimental property values negatively influenced conservation perspectives. Applying a natural resource conflict management framework, we synthesized recommendations covering three dimensions: substance, procedure, relationship. Considering perspectives of small-scale private forest owners in current forestry decision-making has great potential to strengthen sustainable forest management that integrates nature conservation and resource use.

scholarly journals Ovire in rešitve pri sanaciji v ujmah poškodovanih zasebnih gozdov

2020 ◽  
Vol 123 ◽  
pp. 23-30
Author(s):  
Darja Stare ◽  
Petra Grošelj ◽  
Špela Pezdevšek Malovrh
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Final Analysis ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Private Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Private Forests ◽  
Salvage Logging ◽  
Decision Making Factors ◽  
Private Forest Management

Frequent natural disasters in recent years have been a major challenge in private forest management and have led to increased activity among all stakeholders along the forest-wood chain. In this paper, we reviewed the literature on salvage logging in private forests damaged by natural disasters, with the aim of identifying the barriers that private forest owners face in salvaging and solutions for faster and more efficient salvaging. After reviewing the relevant literature, we included 59 articles and 25 reports in the final analysis. The results showed that researchers have not yet systematically addressed the identification of barriers. We identified 51 barriers, which we classified into 7 groups, and 68 solutions, which we classified into 11 groups. Most researchers have dealt with barriers from the 'Characteristics of private forest owners' group and solutions from the 'Stakeholder Cooperation' group. Finally, we associated the identified barriers with appropriate salvaging solutions and found that all identified solutions represent a solution for at least one of the barriers and that each barrier has at least one solution. The research represents the first, but important, step in identifying the decision-making factors for salvaging in private forests damaged by natural disasters.

scholarly journals Analiza delovanja zveze lastnikov gozdov Slovenije s ciljem njenega izboljšanja - ali obstajajo možnosti za vzpostavitev novih poslovnih modelov sodelovanja s člani?

2021 ◽  
Vol 124 ◽  
pp. 13-28
Author(s):  
Kaja Plevnik ◽  
Špela Pezdevšek Malovrh
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
National Level ◽  
Legislative Process ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Private Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Timber Sales ◽  
New Business ◽  
New Business Models

The Slovenian Forest Owners Association (FOAS), which connects local associations of private forest owners at the national level, is facing the problem of professionalizing its activities. Thus, its activities are limited. In order to improve the operation of the FOAS and possible business cooperation with its members within the framework of new business models, we conducted interviews with representatives of FOAS members (n = 24). FOAS members are satisfied with the work of the FOAS, mainly due to its involvement in the legislative process. FOAS members expect that the FOAS will become active in the area of joint timber sales in the future, which is why they showed great interest in business cooperation with the FOAS towards coordinated timber sales. In order to implement this new business model, it is first necessary to promote coordinated sales among forest owners, provide suitable personnel and establish links between timber suppliers and buyers.

Involving private forest owners in the sustainable use of forests: a case study for Flanders, Belgium

2000 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Van der Aa ◽  
P. Huvenne ◽  
B. Muys ◽  
N. Lust
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Stakeholder Management ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Forest Resources ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Private Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Private Forests ◽  
Private And Public

The  main features of the forest landscape in Flanders (Belgium) are the relative  small area    forested (only 10% of the land), the large proportion of privately owned  forests (70%) and the    high degree of fragmentation of these forests (average owned area of 1 ha).  This situation    makes the implementation of a policy aiming at the promotion of sustainable  management and    conservation of natural values in Flemish private forests extremely  difficult.    The Flemish forest administration prepared a concrete strategy towards a  close to nature type    of management in public forests. It was decided to promote this type of  forest management also in private forests, but without making it compulsory. As a consequence, other strategies had to    be found to involve private forest owners into a more sustainable forest  management. The aim    of this paper is to show some examples of such strategies, their success  and their failure. The    findings might be inspiring for regions with recently privatized forest  resources. In this regard,    the specific opportunities of both private and public initiatives should be  stressed. Effective    sustainability of forest resources will be reached in those circumstances  where initiatives are    based on trust, communication and stakeholder management. Valuable  bottom-up approaches    arising from the private owners themselves should be especially  strenghtened.

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