Issues & Options of Sustainable Livelihoods and Biodiversity Conservation of High Altitude Community Forests of Pyuthan District

Authors

  • RB Thaker High Altitude Forest Management Expert, LFP, Kathmandu
  • Nahakul KC Mid-west Programme Co-ordinator; LFP, Mid-west Programme Co-ordinator office, Dang, Ghorahi
  • Ramu Subedi Hills Forestry Advisor, LFP, Programme Coordination Office, Baluwatar, Kathmandu
  • Peter Brahmmney LFP, Programme Coordination Office, Baluwatar, Kathmandu
  • NP Yadav Technical Forest Advisor, Mid-West Co-ordination Office, Dang
  • Nirmala Kr Phulara Technical Supervisor, LFP, Salyan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/init.v2i1.2544

Keywords:

Livelihoods, NTFPs, Wildlife conflict, Land tenure, Pasture land, Epidemic disease, Wetlands, Bio-prospecting, Indigenous knowledge & Skill technology (IKST)

Abstract

Community Forest is one of the most successful forestry programs; however, it has several anomalies pertaining to the high altitude community forests. Construction of Goth (small hut) , cultivation of crops , wildlife hunting , heavy grazing and lopping and haphazard NTFP collection are the major issues of high altitude community forests whereas it possesses a large range of pasture land which provides livestock for grazing as well as valuable NTFPs for collectors. It is also a reservoir of important and commercially viable biological diversity which has a great potential for bio-prospecting.

Key Words: Livelihoods, NTFPs, Wildlife conflict, Land tenure, Pasture land, Epidemic disease, Wetlands, Bio-prospecting, Indigenous knowledge & Skill technology (IKST)

DOI: 10.3126/init.v2i1.2544

The Initiation Vol.2(1) 2008 pp202-211

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Thaker, R., KC, N., Subedi, R., Brahmmney, P., Yadav, N., & Phulara, N. K. (2010). Issues & Options of Sustainable Livelihoods and Biodiversity Conservation of High Altitude Community Forests of Pyuthan District. The Initiation, 2(1), 202–211. https://doi.org/10.3126/init.v2i1.2544

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2008)

Section

Research