Collaborative Forest Management in Nepal: Tenure, Governance and Contestations

2. Introduction
• Collaborative forest management (CFM) is a
forest tenure regime that works in partnership
between the central government, local
government and local forest user groups in
Nepal.
• Total number of CFM in Nepal : 30
• Total Area : 76012.26 ha.

3. Methodology
Exploratory research design
Review of act, policy, article , paper..
Literature review

4. Tenure Arrangements, Bundle of
Rights and Right Holders in CFM

5. Tenure Arrangements, Bundle of
Rights and Right Holders in CFM

6. Contested Views of Actors on CFM
• Major interest groups supporting CFM (e.g.,
donors, INGOs, and NGOs), CFMGs, ACOFUN,
forest bureaucrats, local government and distant
users. However, opponents, mainly CF activists,
saw this policy merely as a tactic to consolidate
government control over the revenue generated
from the forests.
• Equity concerns among proximate users (mainly
the Pahadis) and distant users (mainly the
Madhesis and Tharus) present a complex and
pressing issue.

7. Key issue and challenge in CFM
• Lack of coordination, misunderstanding and trust between
stakeholder.
• Lack of transparency and tendency of top down approach.
• CFM group are large and heterogeneous resulting weak social
binding.
• Improper silviculture practices resulting high value forest vulnerable
to degradation.
• Timber and fuel wood decay in depot due to complicated auction
and distribution system
• Poor house hold donot have access and supply of timber
• Lack of effective administrative setup for operationalization and
institutionalization of policies.
• No system of allocating adequate annual budget according to plan.

8. RECOMMENDATIONS
• Rights of the CFMGs and local government to
jointly participate in the preparation and
implementation of CFM plans should be
established.
• DFO is recognised as the sole authority in
deciding and applying silviculture systems in
CFM.
• Cost and benefit sharing mechanisms in CFM
should be revised

9. Thank You..