scholarly journals The Impact on Ecosystem Services and the Satisfaction Therewith of Community Forest Management in Northern Thailand

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 13474
Author(s):  
Siriluck Thammanu ◽  
Hee Han ◽  
E. M. B. P. Ekanayake ◽  
Yoonkoo Jung ◽  
Joosang Chung
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Benefit Sharing ◽  
Systematic Sampling ◽  
Community Forest Management ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Local Livelihoods ◽  
Forest Fire Management ◽  
The Impact

Forest ecosystems provide myriad services that are beneficial to local livelihoods. Successful community forest management (CFM) enhances the provision, overall benefit, and effectiveness of the regulation of ecosystem services and contributes to forest conservation efforts. The study area was a deciduous forest in the Ban Mae Chiang Rai Lum Community Forest, which is located in Pa Mae Phrik National Forest Reserve in Thailand’s northern province of Lampang. A systematic sampling of the forest area was conducted, and survey plots were established. A field survey documented 197 plant species from 62 families. A questionnaire that focused on CFM engagement behavior and ecosystem service satisfaction levels was used to interview household representatives. The study found that levels of engagement and the effectiveness of forest management were directly related; increased CFM effectiveness leads to improved ecosystem services. Participation in CFM can improve ecosystem services and enhance livelihoods. Specifically, participation in decision making, forest fire management, check dam construction, benefit sharing, and in forming effective forest regulations positively impacted ecosystem services. In contrast, employing forest patrols adversely affected those services. This knowledge is useful for identifying policies and practices that can maximize ecosystem services to enhance livelihoods and safeguard the forest’s vitality.

scholarly journals Dampak Partisipasi Wanita Dan Faktor Demografi Dalam Pengelolaan Hutan Kemasyarakatan (Hkm) Terhadap Pendapatan Keluarga Di Kabupaten Lampung Barat

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Rio Yudischa ◽  
Christine Wulandari ◽  
Rudi Hilmanto
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Primary Forest ◽  
Community Forest Management ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Village

Community Forest (HKM) is a community development schemes through strengthening factors of production of non-timber forest products in the form of access to forest lands, protected primary forest. It is not yet known impact of women's participation in community forest management on family income in the village Tribudi Syukur and Tribudi Makmur. To the end, the research conducted in order to know the impact of demographic and participation of women in community forest management on family income in the village Tribudi Syukur and Tribudi Makmur, Kebun Tebu sub district, West Lampung, Lampung province. This research was conducted in the Community Forest, at Village Tribudi Syukur and Tribudi Makmur. Data retrieved using the method of data collection simple random sampling. Analysis of data used linear models was assisted using Minitab 16 software for parameter optimization. The results showed that the factor land size and income of women farmers with a significant effect on the income of women's participation in community forest management. Meanwhile, the chief factor of the family, the woman's age, the age of the male, female participation rates, female education, male education, number of dependents, and the distance to the arable land were not significantly associated with women's participation in the management of the community forest income.

scholarly journals Formalizing land rights can reduce forest loss: Experimental evidence from Benin

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (26) ◽  
pp. eabb6914
Author(s):  
Liam Wren-Lewis ◽  
Luis Becerra-Valbuena ◽  
Kenneth Houngbedji
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Land Rights ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Tree Cover ◽  
Forest Loss ◽  
Community Forest Management ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Customary Land ◽  
The Impact

Many countries are formalizing customary land rights systems with the aim of improving agricultural productivity and facilitating community forest management. This paper evaluates the impact on tree cover loss of the first randomized control trial of such a program. Around 70,000 landholdings were demarcated and registered in randomly chosen villages in Benin, a country with a high rate of deforestation driven by demand for agricultural land. We estimate that the program reduced the area of forest loss in treated villages, with no evidence of anticipatory deforestation or negative spillovers to other areas. Surveys indicate that possible mechanisms include an increase in tenure security and an improvement in the effectiveness of community forest management. Overall, our results suggest that formalizing customary land rights in rural areas can be an effective way to reduce forest loss while improving agricultural investments.

scholarly journals Can community monitoring save the commons? Evidence on forest use and displacement

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (29) ◽  
pp. e2015172118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabrina Eisenbarth ◽  
Louis Graham ◽  
Anouk S. Rigterink
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Substantial Effect ◽  
Good Evidence ◽  
Forest Loss ◽  
Community Forest Management ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Community Monitoring ◽  
Forest Use ◽  
The Impact

Rapid deforestation is a major driver of greenhouse-gas emissions (1). One proposed policy tool to halt deforestation is community forest management. Even though communities manage an increasing proportion of the world’s forests, we lack good evidence of successful approaches to community forest management. Prior studies suggest that successful approaches require a number of “design conditions” to be met. However, causal evidence on the effectiveness of individual design conditions is scarce. This study isolates one design condition, community-led monitoring of the forest, and provides causal evidence on its potential to reduce forest use. The study employs a randomized controlled trial to investigate the impact of community monitoring on forest use in 110 villages in Uganda. We explore the impact of community monitoring in both monitored and unmonitored areas of the forest, using exceptionally detailed data from on-the-ground measurements and satellite imagery. Estimates indicate that community monitoring does not affect our main outcome of interest, a forest-use index. However, treatment villages see a relative increase in forest loss outside of monitored forest areas compared to control villages. This increase is seen both in nonmonitored areas adjacent to treatment villages and in nonmonitored areas adjacent to neighboring villages not included in the study. We tentatively conclude that at least part of the increase in forest loss in nonmonitored areas is due to displacement of forest use by members of treatment villages due to fear of sanctions. Interventions to reduce deforestation should take this potentially substantial effect into consideration.

scholarly journals Above-ground carbon stock and REDD+ opportunities of community-managed forests in northern Thailand

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. e0256005
Author(s):  
Siriluck Thammanu ◽  
Hee Han ◽  
Dokrak Marod ◽  
Jamroon Srichaichana ◽  
Joosang Chung
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Forest Fires ◽  
Carbon Stock ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Carbon Market ◽  
Carbon Accumulation ◽  
Systematic Sampling ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Northern Thailand ◽  
The Impact

This study aimed to investigate the structure of two deciduous forests and assess their above-ground carbon stock in order to promote community forest management (CFM) for REDD+ opportunities in the Ban Mae Chiang Rai Lum Community Forest in northern Thailand. A systematic sampling method was used to establish twenty-five sample plots of 40 m × 40 m (0.16 ha) each that were used to survey the entire 3,925 ha area of the community forest. Cluster analysis identified two different forest types: dry dipterocarp forest and mixed deciduous forest. It was determined that the above-ground carbon stock did not vary significantly between them. An analysis of carbon sequestration in the community forest indicates that carbon stock increased under CFM from 2007 to 2018 by an estimated 28,928 t C and participation in the carbon market would have yielded approximately US $339,730.43 or US $8.66 /ha/year to the community for that 10-year period. Projections for 2028 reflect that carbon stock will experience continual growth which indicates that maintaining CFM can increase carbon sequestration and reduce CO2 emissions. However, though further growth of carbon stock in the community forest is expected into 2038, that growth would be at a lesser rate than during the preceding decade. This suggests that CFM management should address forest utilization practices with a focus on maintaining long term carbon stock growth. Additional measures to address the impact of drought conditions and to safeguard against forest fires are required to sustain tree species’ growth and expansion in order to increase their carbon accumulation potential. Thailand’s community forest involvement in REDD+ and participation in its international carbon market could create more economic opportunities for local communities.

Forest tenure and rights: a constraint to community forest management in Cameroon and the REDD+ initiative

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 121-129
Author(s):  
E. A. Enow ◽  
T. O. Egute ◽  
E. Albrecht
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Careful Analysis ◽  
Benefit Sharing ◽  
Community Forest Management ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Forest Protection ◽  
Forest Practices ◽  
Forest Tenure

The link between Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, with the enhancement of forest carbon stock (REDD+) and Community Forest Management (CFM) as a necessary local action on the forest, is continuously being challenged. CFM has been a suitable option in achieving sustainable forest practices in the tropics. The factors that contribute to its success will likely contribute to the success of REDD+ programs in Cameroon. Nevertheless, the opportunity and challenges in integrating the two concepts to achieve the objectives require careful analysis, considering the challenges facing the country’s tenure system. This article makes use of an in-depth content analysis of several documents concerning the subject matter and tries to examine the extent to which forest tenure and rights are a constraint to CFM in Cameroon and the REDD+ Initiative and assess how these concepts can work together to achieve sustainable forest management and a reduction in deforestation and forest degradation. The assessment shows several bottlenecks and discrepancies concerning tenure rights in the community forest and carbon rights when it concerns incentive-based benefit-sharing mechanisms under the REDD+ process. It reveals that the state may likely maintain centralization of forest tenure if the issues are not clarified. The article concludes with a proposal of an urgent need for domestic legal reforms to secure forest protection achieve the objectives of international forest policy initiatives like REDD+.

scholarly journals Non-timber forest product utilization under community forest management in northern Thailand

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Siriluck Thammanu ◽  
Hee Han ◽  
Dokrak Marod ◽  
Liangzhen Zang ◽  
Yoonkoo Jung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Forest Product ◽  
Community Forest Management ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Northern Thailand
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