CoCoon Match Making Workshop

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Practices of Collaborative Forest Management in
Nepal

• Radheshyam Shiwakoti
• General Secretary
• ACOFUN

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CFM districts
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CoCoon Match Making Workshop Hanoi, Vietnam Sept.
29-30, 2009
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Presentation Outline

• Introduction
• Types of Forest management
• Objectives
• Specific Activities
• Opportunities
• Challenges
• Conclusion

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Introduction

• A sustainable forest management agreement between
  GON and target stakeholders
• Supporting Livelihood of people, bio-diversity
  conservation and economic development
• It is collaboration of local and central
  stakeholders to deal with livelihood, ecosystem,
  and mutual benefits

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Types of Forest management

• Government managed forest
• Community forest
• Leasehold forest
• Religious forest and
• Protected forest
• Collaborative Forest a part of Govt. managed
  forest Participation of central govt., local
  govt. and local forest users
• well conserved, balanced and sustainably managed

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Objective of CFM

• Coordination among govt., rural people, forest
  users, NGOs, INGOs
• Sustainable management of forest and judicial
  distribution of its products
• To raise socio-economic level of deprived people
  through collaborative forest mgmt.
• Supporting to research work to conserve the
  endangered and disappearing wild life
• To promote alternative energy to reduce forest
  pressure

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Specific Activities

• Agro-forestry Programs
• Private Agro-forestry
• Public Land Agro-forestry
• Depot operation for distribution of fuel wood and
  timber

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Specific Activities

• Renewable Energy
• Briquette Promotion Program
• Improved Cooking Oven Installation Program
• Bio-gas construction Program

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Specific Activities

• Income Generation
• Programs (for deprived communities)
• Forest based livelihood support program
• NTFP and herbs production program
• Bee keeping, goat, pig,
• Buffalo loan program
• Group micro saving

• Empowerment Program Network Extension
• Awareness, Mainstreaming and Empowering programs
  for Collaborative Forest Management
• Formation of district
• committees, networks

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Achievements

• New approach to manage and conserve the forest
  (taking the user to the forest and bringing the
  forest to the village)
• To expand the alternative energy program for
  example improved oven program, briquette, bio gas
  
• Supporting the livelihood of the people
• Bio-diversity conservation

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Enterprise development
Beneficiaries 3517HH
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Opportunities
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Challenges

• Legal rights
• Benefits sharing
• Large number of user
• Encroachment
• Political commitment
• Coordination
• Resources

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Conclusion

• Sustainable forest management through
  Collaborative approach
• Preserve ecology, share benefits

Thank you