To what extent is Nepal’s community forestry contributing to the sustainable development goals? An institutional interaction perspective

Aryal, Kishor; Laudari, Hari Krishna; Ojha, Hemant

doi:10.1080/13504509.2019.1627681

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“…Environmental goals describe the clean environment, green practices and reduction of air pollution (Gao et al, 2019). Local institutions play a considerable role in the achievement of SDGs (Aryal et al, 2020) but in particular, attainment of SDGs related to economics can be possible through government institutions and public bodies as compared to NPOs. For instance, Boţa-Avram et al (2018) claimed that country-level factors play an important role in SDGs related to economic growth.…”

Section: Government Incentives and Sustainable Development Goalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Nexus of Government Incentives and Sustainable Development Goals: Is the Management of Resources the Solution to Non-Profit Organisations?

Anwar

Khattak

Popp

et al. 2020

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have become the main priority across the globe due to their significant role in economic growth and propensity. However, in particular, it is not yet known how governments can achieve SDGs through non-profit organisations (NPOs) by providing financial and non-financial incentives. The present study included 263 Pakistan NPOs in a primary survey using a questionnaire. The results obtained from the Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) highlight that: (i) government incentives do not directly influence community development; (ii) The government non-financial incentives have a significant direct effect on environmental activities to reduce pollution, energy consumption and waste; (iii) Resource management fully mediates the paths between government incentives and community development while partially mediates environmental activities; and finally, (iv) resource management has a favourable influence both on the goals of community development and environmental activities. This research paper contributes to the knowledge in that government incentives do not have a direct influence on social development, but has an indirect influence through efficient management. Recommendations are that government and public bodies need to support NPOs to engage actively in philanthropic activities. Similarly, NPOs should efficiently utilize and manage the resources to benefit the maximum number of poor and needy individuals.

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Section: Government Incentives and Sustainable Development Goalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Nexus of Government Incentives and Sustainable Development Goals: Is the Management of Resources the Solution to Non-Profit Organisations?

Anwar

Khattak

Popp

et al. 2020

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

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“…The pathway is successful in the rehabilitation of degraded areas, reconstruction of lands used for different purposes (for example agriculture), and reclamation of naturally degraded areas, mainly due to landslides, riverbank erosion, and flash floods. However, scholars have argued that escaping public participation has had a deleterious impact on the livelihood of affected people and detrimental effects on forest restoration outcomes [19,52]. This pathway thus has to be linked with other pathways for effective restoration results [15].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Nevertheless, infrastructure has to be developed to ensure the smooth functioning of such enterprises through linkage with the market, an insurance mechanism, and value addition activities. Research has suggested that interventions integrated with livelihood improvement activities reduce pressure on the forest and simultaneously help other objectives to be achieved, including forest and ecosystem restoration [52,53].…”

Section: Enhancing Local Livelihood and Social Wellbeingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Strategic Pathways to Scale up Forest and Landscape Restoration: Insights from Nepal’s Tarai

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Deforestation and forest degradation mostly caused by human interventions affect the capacity of the forest ecosystem to provide ecosystem services and livelihood benefits. Forest and landscape restoration (FLR) is an emerging concept that focuses on the improvement of the ecosystem as well as the livelihood of the people at the landscape level. Nepal has successfully recovered degraded forest land mainly from the hilly region through forest restoration initiatives, especially community-based forestry. However, the Tarai region is still experiencing deforestation and forest degradation. This study navigated the gaps related to forest restoration in the existing policies and practices and revealed that the persistence of deforestation and forest degradation in Tarai is a result of a complex socioeconomic structure, the limitations of the government in implementing appropriate management modality, unplanned infrastructure, and urban development. We suggest that forest restoration should focus on ecological and social wellbeing pathways at the landscape level to reverse the trend of deforestation and forest degradation in the Tarai regions of Nepal. The study provides critical insight to the policymakers and practitioners of Nepal and other countries (with similar context) who are engaged in forest/ecosystem restoration enterprise.

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“…The decadal analysis and review of policy and practice reveal that the forest land of effects to forest restoration outcomes [19,45]. This pathway thus has to be linked with other pathways for effective restoration results [14].…”

Section: Pathways For Achieving Forest and Landscape Restoration Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Researches have suggested that interventions integrated with livelihood improvement activities reduce pressure on the forest and side by side help achieve other objectives, including forest and ecosystem restoration [45,46].…”

Section: Enhancing Local Livelihood and Social Wellbeingmentioning

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Strategic Pathways to Scale Up Forest and Landscape Restoration: Insights From Nepal’s Terai

Bhattarai¹,

Pant²,

Laudari³

et al. 2021

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Deforestation and forest degradation mostly caused by human interventions affects the capacity of forest ecosystem to provide ecosystem services and livelihood benefits. Forest Land Restoration (FLR) is an emerging concept which focuses on the improvement of ecosystem as well as livelihood of the people at the landscape level. Nepal has successfully recovered degraded forest land mainly from the hilly region through forest restoration initiatives especially community based forestry. However, the Terai region is still experiencing deforestation and forest degradation. This study navigated the gaps related to forest restoration in the existing policies and practices and revealed that the persistence of deforestation and forest degradation in Terai is a result of a complex socio-economic structure, limitation of government to implement appropriate management modality, unplanned infrastructure, and urban development. We suggest that forest restoration should focus on ecological and social wellbeing pathways at the landscape level, to reverse the trend of deforestation and forest degradation in the Terai regions of Nepal. The study provides a critical insight to the policy makers and practitioners of Nepal and other countries (with similar context) who are engaged in forest/ecosystem restoration enterprise.

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To what extent is Nepal’s community forestry contributing to the sustainable development goals? An institutional interaction perspective

Cited by 30 publications

References 54 publications

The Nexus of Government Incentives and Sustainable Development Goals: Is the Management of Resources the Solution to Non-Profit Organisations?

The Nexus of Government Incentives and Sustainable Development Goals: Is the Management of Resources the Solution to Non-Profit Organisations?

Strategic Pathways to Scale up Forest and Landscape Restoration: Insights from Nepal’s Tarai

Strategic Pathways to Scale Up Forest and Landscape Restoration: Insights From Nepal’s Terai

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