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- 1. Unit-8 FOREST PROTECTION SYSTEMIN COMMUNITY BASED FORESTRY Prabin Pandit Lecturer Purbanchal University College of Environment and Forestry (PUCEF)
- 2. Protection hasremained a critical forest management issue, and FUGs have developed various institutional arrangements to regulate unauthorized access to forest. FUGs have made various types of attempts to cope with destruction of forest resources from natural as well as anthropogenic factors, sometimes in collaboration with other institutions. Government or project paid systems of protection were common until the early 1990,s, and are rarely in existence now. Recent policy arrangements do not encourage projects to cover the cost of protection. If someone violates the regulatory arrangements, fines are imposed. Informal protection is the least costly arrangement on the part of the FUG, and is practiced by FUGs that are fully aware of their rights and are well-organized institutionally.
- 3. • CFUGs settleconflicts over access to and control over resources, land boundary and disputes over land tenure. • CFUG members guard forests by patrolling and protecting forests as regular work on rotational basis. • CFUGs are active in activities related to soil conservation and watershed management. • CFUGs support their members for income-generating activities such as vegetable farming, livestock, horticulture, fishery and beekeeping. • CFUGs construct community forest nurseries, establish plantations, protect and manage natural forests in sustainable manner and establish forest-based enterprises.