The Significance of women's participation in community forest sustainable management : a case study of Shikharpur community forest, Hokse VDC-3. Kavr…

2012

Master thesis in development management- University of Agder 2012 Community forest programmes are prioritized in the Nepal government forestry sector. This program was started in Nepal during the late 1970s. The main objective of this program is to ensure local people’s participation for better forest management. Prior to the 1970s deforestation was very high due to the government nationalization act of local forests. The government had restricted local peoples access to forests. As a result, people were aggressively opposed to the government’s actions, and deforestation became a serious problem in rural Nepal. The government realized this as a fact and started a participatory approach in d…