Community Forestry Governance in Federal System of Nepal
Journal Title: Journal of Policy & Governance - Year 2021, Vol 1, Issue 01
Abstract
This research was conducted to find out the relationship between Community Forests User Groups (CFUGs), local government, and provincial government concerning monitoring and management ownership. The benefit-sharing mechanism in community forestry has always been a point of discussion to deal with, that follows the share given by law and constitution. In this study, different stakeholders were interviewed to record the actual views of CFUGs, local political leaders, forest officials and others on forest use and management responsibility in the context of federal restructuring of Nepal. CFUGs along with local political leaders were found favoring to hand over the monitoring and management responsibility to the local government, whereas the forest officials were reluctant on this proposed arrangement. The forest officers considered that giving the functions of monitoring and management responsibilities to the local government would destroy the past successful history of community forestry in Nepal, and it would turn to massive deforestation along with degradation of forests in the name of development. Being the policy formulation process occurring on a provincial and local levels, a lack of coordination among local governments and CFUGs may create a major challenge in the forest management and utilization of resources. The benefit-sharing mechanism in both the scientifically managed and traditionally managed forests was found not following the provisions of the Forest Act, 2019 and 1993. In particular context of pro-poor livelihood activities and coordination with local government during the community development activities reflect weak governance. Proper coordination and cooperation among three tiers of government are necessary through involving the CFUGs in the local government planning process and support to CFUGs.
Authors and Affiliations
Binita Dahal, Rajeev Joshi, Bishow Poudel, Manoj Panta
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