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Type of Document

Master's Thesis

Author

Dangi, Resham B.

Author's Email Address

rdangi@vt.edu

URN

etd-04182000-14060016

Title

THE EFFICIENCY OF COMMUNITY FORESTS: SUCCESSFUL AND UNSUCCESSFUL EXAMPLES FROM NEPAL

Degree

Master of Science

Department

Forestry

Advisory Committee

Advisor Name	Title
Dr. Greg S. Amacher	Committee Chair
Dr. Jay Sullivan	Committee Member
Dr. William F. Hyde	Committee Member

Keywords

Open access
Common Property
Property rights
Policy Instruments

Date of Defense

2000-04-04

Availability

restricted

Abstract

This study suggests that transfer of State forests to the local communities is the least cost policy option to improve prevailing deforestation problem in Nepal. However, there are few problems at operational, institutional, and policy levels, which are restricting community forest (CF) transformation. The critical review of seven representative case studies and modern forest policy of Nepal identifies following important issues in CF transformation in Nepal. They are low marginal flexibility, incomplete and uncertain property rights transfer, equity problem, specific demand adjustment problem, and inconsistent forest policy. This work recommends for amendment of modern CF policy guidelines to reduce CF transformation costs, increase present value of future returns, and reduce present value of enforcement costs. These amendments will be effective to improve prevailing CF work situation in Nepal.
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