Community Forests For Local Income Generation And Livelihood: A Case Study Of Four Community Forests In Bumthang District, Bhutan

Dorji, Wangchuk

ISBN 10: 3659223700 / ISBN 13: 9783659223709

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Community Forests For Local Income Generation And Livelihood: A Case Study Of Four Community Forests In Bumthang District, Bhutan
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659223700
• ISBN 13: 9783659223709
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

Bhutan has had an active community forestry program since 2000. A key feature of the nationally organized program is the devolution of forest management and use to local residents who participate in a “Community Forestry Management Groups” (CFMG) for managing nearby community forests (CF) according to rules developed by the Department of Forests. These groups are responsible for developing and implementing community forest management plans that entitle them to use locally valuable forest products (fuel wood, construction timber, mushrooms, bamboo etc). Since 2005, CFMGs have been given the right to sell forest products from their CFs that are not needed locally with the goal that community forestry can contribute to rural poverty alleviation in Bhutan, in addition to sustainable forestry.

About the Author

Wangchuk Dorji, MSc: Studied Resource Conservation at The University of Montana. Assistant Lecturer at Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment (UWICE), Lamai Goempa, Bumthang, BHUTAN.