14:00 〜 14:15
[HCG29-02] Has Community-based Management Improved Natural Resource Condition? Evidence from the Forests in Nepal
キーワード：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.