Has Community-based Management Improved Natural Resource Condition? Evidence from the Forests in Nepal

Towa Tachibana

Presentation information

[EE] Oral

H (Human Geosciences) » H-CG Complex & General

[H-CG29] [EE] Implementing Human Dimensions Research for the Earths Future / Global Land Project

Sat. May 20, 2017 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM 201A (International Conference Hall 2F)

convener:Yukio Himiyama(Emeritus Professor, Hokkaido University of Education), Koichi Kimoto(Kwansei Gakuin University, Center for Common Educational Programs), Takeshi Sakurai(Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo), norichika kanie(Tokyo Institute of Technology), Kenichi Abe(Research Institute for Humanity and Nature), Hideaki Shibata(Field Science Center fot Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University), Qinxue Wang(National Institute for Environmental Studies), Chairperson:takeshi sakurai(Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo), Chairperson:yukio himiyama(Emeritus Professor, Hokkaido University of Education)

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

[HCG29-02] Has Community-based Management Improved Natural Resource Condition? Evidence from the Forests in Nepal

*Towa Tachibana¹ (1.Chiba University)

Keywords:community management, natural forests, Nepal

Does community management improve the condition of local natural resources? Do interventions by official agencies enhance the functions of voluntary communal management? With 101 randomly-sampled natural forests in the Middle Hills of Nepal, we address these questions. Forest condition was evaluated by forest inventory conducted in 1997-1999 and 2014-2016. One of our major interests is whether the improved regeneration under the community management, which was found in 1997-1999 survey, has resulted in improved forest resource stock in 2014-2016. We will also show the impacts of civil war from 1997-2006 on natural forest conditions.