InstitutionClaim Cited
Nepal's Community Forest User Groups
Nepal's community forest user groups give forest users a legally recognized body, conditional management and use rights, and a collective fund while the state retains land ownership and plan oversight. National and local studies associate the program with forest and poverty gains but also find caste, gender, political, labor, biodiversity, and carbon-distribution limits.
How can forest-dependent people govern a living commons locally while defending their authority and ecological responsibilities across a nation?