Community Forestry in Nepal Management Rules and Distribution of Benefits

In the last decade, far reaching policy reforms in Nepal have allowed local communities to regain control over the management of vast tracts of lands. Community forestry is widely believed to be a major step forwrad in Nepals's history of Forest Management- it has helped stem forest degradation and empowered rural people. However, little is known about the actual distributional impacts of community-oriented forestry. This study finds that richer household gets higher benefits from community forestry relative to poorer household. [Policy Brief No. 1-04] URL: [http://www.sandeeonline.org/uploads/documents/publication/812_PUB_policy_brief_bhim.pdf]