Impact of Collaborative Forest Management on Rural Livelihood: A Case Study of Maple Sap Collecting Households in South Korea

Park, So-Hee; Yeo‐Chang, Youn

doi:10.3390/su13041594

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“…This inevitably predisposes them to new development opportunities, compared to those that are relatively new in the village. Similar findings were reported by Park and Yeo-Chang (2021)…”

Section: Determinants Of Household Livelihood Diversification In Budo...supporting

confidence: 92%

“…Whereas, the households participating in CBFM schemes have had privileged access to these alternative livelihood schemes, it remains unclear whether interventions supported by CBFM schemes have inhibited or enhanced rural livelihood diversification. Recent studies in other parts of sub-Saharan Africa (e.g., Kassie et al, 2017;Kimengsi et al, 2019) and Asia (e.g., Park and Yeo-Chang, 2021) show positive associations which are largely context-specific.…”

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confidence: 94%

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Community-based forest management promotes survival-led livelihood diversification among forest-fringe communities in Uganda

Mawa

Tumusiime

Babweteera

et al. 2023

Front. For. Glob. Change

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Livelihood diversification is a prominent feature of rural households in developing countries. It is a strategy commonly pursued by households to enhance their resilience to shocks and/or risks that affect their livelihood. While a common characteristic of Uganda’s community-based forest management (CBFM) is the promotion of alternative livelihood activities to reduce household reliance on natural forest resources from gazetted forests, it is unclear how livelihood diversification has been embraced by households engaged in CBFM. We explore livelihood diversification using cross-sectional survey data collected from 423 households in villages adjacent to Collaborative Forest Management (CFM) compartments and non-CFM compartments of Budongo Central Forest Reserve as well as two Community Forests (CF) in mid-western Uganda. We quantified the levels of diversification and fitted a Gini-Simpson Diversity Index as the response variable in two Tobit regression models to examine the determinants of livelihood diversification among forest-fringe communities in CFM and CF sites. Our results reveal high levels of survival-led household livelihood diversification in the area, with an average household engaging in five livelihood activities that were predominantly on-farm or involved the extraction of forest products for subsistence. In the CFM sites, livelihood diversification levels significantly increased with household heads’ duration of residence in the village and membership in other social groups in the village. In villages adjacent to the community forests, only the household dependency ratio positively influenced household livelihood diversification. Membership in forest conservation groups did not significantly predict the level of household livelihood diversification. Given the current survival-led diversification that these communities pursue, we recommended that development and conservation agencies in the area and other similar sites of CBFM deliberately enhance household access to high-return on-farm and non-farm livelihood activities to achieve meaningful transformations in rural livelihoods.

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“…This inevitably predisposes them to new development opportunities, compared to those that are relatively new in the village. Similar findings were reported by Park and Yeo-Chang (2021)…”

Section: Determinants Of Household Livelihood Diversification In Budo...supporting

confidence: 92%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 94%

Community-based forest management promotes survival-led livelihood diversification among forest-fringe communities in Uganda

Mawa

Tumusiime

Babweteera

et al. 2023

Front. For. Glob. Change

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“…In Kenya, collaborative forest management programs improved people's livelihoods [44]. A recent study from South Korea mentioned that CFM participating households were likely to have a higher income than non-CFM participating households [45].…”

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From Laborers to Coffee Farmers: Collaborative Forest Management in West Java, Indonesia

Gunawan,

Abdoellah,

Hadi

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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Collaborative forest management (CFM) is assumed to provide benefits for improving the condition of the forest ecology and the community’s economy. However, its effectiveness is often debated, particularly regarding the involvement of poor and landless farmers in program implementation. In this relation, this study examines a CFM program implementation in Bandung District, West Java, the so-called Pengelolaan Hutan Bersama Masyarakat (PHBM). The study combined qualitative and quantitative approaches in collecting data. GIS analysis and vegetation identification supported this study. The study shows that the PHBM program implementation in the study area provided benefits for improving forest ecological conditions and the livelihood of the farmers. This study also suggests that poor or landless farmers could secure their rights and access to the forest; they became coffee farmers. Despite this, to ensure the sustainability of the program, especially the involvement of the poor and landless farmers, support from the government is very much needed.

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“…In order to reverse the trend of forest depletion, various good governance practices have been implemented to improve their management. One of the major practices is participatory decision-making under Collaborative Forest Management, which has been extensively adopted across the world in countries such as Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and Uganda (Buncag, 2021;Luswaga & Nuppenau, 2020;Park & Yeo-Chang, 2021, Mawa et al, 2020.…”

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Collaboration or Contravention? Ramifications For Effective Participatory Decision-Making in Collaborative Forest Management at Echuya Central Forest Reserve, South Western Uganda

Twinamatsiko,

Bugabo

2024

East Afr. j. for. agrofor.

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Participatory decision-making has been extensively adopted worldwide as an essential mechanism and a good governance principle to reach a consensus in natural resource management. However, in most communities, local people who depend on forests are not involved in the decision-making process regarding conserving protected areas. This research assesses the ramifications of collaboration or contravention on effective participatory decision-making in collaborative forest management in Echuya Central Forest Reserve. It provides insights into how community consultations and participation of forest-adjacent communities in planning meetings influence the conservation of protected areas. We collected data from a total of 639 respondents, including Collaborative Forest Management (CFM) group members and non-CFM community members, government institutions, conservation organizations, and local community leaders, using semi-structured questionnaires, interview guides, and Focus Group Discussion guides. Results indicate that community consultations allow CFM stakeholders, particularly community members, to give ideas on how such projects can be implemented without destroying forest resources, promoting the goal of conserving the forest reserve. Community members’ participation in planning meetings allows them to contribute ideas about relevant and appropriate forest conservation approaches. However, the National Forestry Authority (NFA) and other non-community actor groups dominate the decision-making process mainly because the NFA has the legal mandate to manage the forest reserve on behalf of the Government. We concluded that the connivance of government forestry officials with unauthorized forest resource users undermines the spirit of participatory decision-making. Dishonesty and lack of accountability hampered effective participatory decision-making, and low attendance at meetings undermines effective participation in decision-making. Thus, community members’ consistent attendance of meetings is paramount for positive outcomes of participatory decision-making for the conservation of forests

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Impact of Collaborative Forest Management on Rural Livelihood: A Case Study of Maple Sap Collecting Households in South Korea

Cited by 7 publications

References 37 publications

Community-based forest management promotes survival-led livelihood diversification among forest-fringe communities in Uganda

Community-based forest management promotes survival-led livelihood diversification among forest-fringe communities in Uganda

From Laborers to Coffee Farmers: Collaborative Forest Management in West Java, Indonesia

Collaboration or Contravention? Ramifications For Effective Participatory Decision-Making in Collaborative Forest Management at Echuya Central Forest Reserve, South Western Uganda

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