Contribution of NTFPs on livelihood of forest-fringe communities in Jaldapara National Park, India

Lepcha, Lakpa Doma; Shukla, Geeta; Pala, Nazir A.; Vineeta,; Pal, P. K.; Chakravarty, Sumit

doi:10.1080/10549811.2018.1528158

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“…Deprived of the fair prices of their product, the community is forced to spend more time on its collection leading to unsustainable harvesting (Prasad et al, 1999). Absence of fair price mechanism and regulated market links in JNP was reported to be the cause of deprival of fair prices of NTFPs to its fringe communities (Lepcha et al, 2018).…”

Section: Discussion Socio-economic Attributesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The cash income from NTFP sale is highly skewed because the NTFPs which remain unused after satisfying their needs are only subjected to sale in the local market and very less to the traders or vendors. It was reported that 43 NTFP species were sold by the fringe communities of JNP but in unprocessed form (Lepcha et al, 2018) and thus were undervalued fetching only the collection charges of NTFPs to the collectors (Sharma et al, 2015;Lepcha et al, 2018). Deprived of the fair prices of their product, the community is forced to spend more time on its collection leading to unsustainable harvesting (Prasad et al, 1999).…”

Section: Discussion Socio-economic Attributesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Indian Forest Act permits the inhabitants of these villages access and resource use rights over collection of NTFPs from the park as the country is a signatory of the United Nation Convention on Biological Diversity of 1992 (CBD 1992). Major ten villages located in and around the National Park which has more than 50 households were also selected purposively and from the each village, one tenth of the total households (205) were randomly selected (Lepcha et al, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Institutional intervention was recommended to protect the rights and empower the JNP fringe community to access information on policy, market and value addition of their products with capacity building, nancial and infrastructural support (Lepcha et al, 2018). Additionally, such missions will rejuvenate the socio-cultural heritage and traditional food market circuits of JNP which will conserve and replenish the NTFP resource to uplift socio-economic status and livelihood of indigenous communities at JNP (Bhutia et al, 2015;Hong et al, 2015;Ahmad and Pieroni, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Diversity, Utilization and Dependency on NTFPs – A case study of a National Park in Indian sub-Himalayan Region

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Shukla

Vineeta

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Background: Non timber forest products (NTFPs) greatly contribute to livelihood, development, and poverty alleviation of indigenous and rural communities across the tropics. We also assumed that the fringe communities inhabiting Jaldapara National Park (JNP) of Indian eastern sub-Himalayan region largely rely on the NTFPs for their livelihood due to its remote and isolated location with no physical infrastructure and facilities. Methodology: Multistage sampling technique was used for the study. The sample size was 205 households selected randomly from a sample frame of 10 villages. Descriptive statistics was employed to analyze and summarize the data. Results: A total of 146 NTFP species was documented. The communities in our study area also relied on their NTFP collection/harvest for food, medicine, firewood, animal fodder, and other socio-cultural items for household use and cash income. Income from NTFPs contributed on an average 45 % of the total annual household income of the sampled households.Conclusion: NTFPs provided a natural insurance to households especially during the periods of scarcity. Focused interventions with technical and financial support are recommended to uplift the livelihood of the forest fringe indigenous communities in JNP.

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“…The total households per sampled community was generated with the help of the community liaisons and 10% of the total household was randomly picked for the administration of the questionnaire [48] as shown in Table 1. To obtain questionnaire responses on the day, the researchers waited in the village while it was being filled without interference.…”

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Livelihood Impacts of Forest Carbon Protection in the Context of Redd+ in Cross River State, Southeast Nigeria

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The rate of landcover change linked to deforestation and forest degradation in tropical environments has continued to surge despite a series of forest governance policy instruments over the years. These informed the launch of one of the most important international policies called Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Plus (REDD+) to combat forest destruction. REDD+ assumes that communities will have increased assets to natural capital which will enhance their livelihood portfolio and mitigate the effects of climate variability and change across biomes. The aim of this study is to ascertain the livelihoods impacts of forest carbon protection within the context of REDD+ in Cross River State, Nigeria. Six forest communities were chosen across three agroecological zones of the State. Anchored on the Sustainable Livelihood Framework, a set of questionnaires were administered to randomly picked households. The results indicate that more than half of the respondents aligned with financial payment and more natural resources as the perceived benefits of carbon protection. More so, a multinomial logistic regression showed that income was the main factor that influenced respondent’s support for forest carbon protection. Analysis of income trends from the ‘big seven’ non-timber forest resources in the region showed increase in Gnetum africanum, Bushmeat, Irvingia gabonensis, Garcinia kola, while carpolobia spp., Randia and rattan cane revealed declining income since inception of REDD+. The recorded increase in household income was attributed to a ban in logging. It is recommended that the forest communities should be more heavily involved in the subsequent phases of the project implementation to avoid carbon leakages.

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The Role of Livelihood Initiatives in Reducing Non-wood Forest Product Reliance in Protected Areas of Southern Vietnam: Opportunities and Challenges

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Contribution of NTFPs on livelihood of forest-fringe communities in Jaldapara National Park, India

Cited by 24 publications

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Diversity, Utilization and Dependency on NTFPs – A case study of a National Park in Indian sub-Himalayan Region

Diversity, Utilization and Dependency on NTFPs – A case study of a National Park in Indian sub-Himalayan Region

Livelihood Impacts of Forest Carbon Protection in the Context of Redd+ in Cross River State, Southeast Nigeria

The Role of Livelihood Initiatives in Reducing Non-wood Forest Product Reliance in Protected Areas of Southern Vietnam: Opportunities and Challenges

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