A case of forest management for degraded land rejuvenation of the land..for better livelihood improvement of the poorest people

1. Livelihood improvement through
degraded forest management
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Pashupati Nath Koirala
Department of Forests, Nepal

2. Learning/Achievements
Nepal, Kathmandu
March 23, 2012
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3. briefly
• Introduction
• What is leasehold forestry?
• Programme intervention
• Results Impact for poverty
reduction
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Case location
on map
Sites and beneficiaries

5. • Altitude varies from 1400 to 1500 m
• Total househols: 227
– Magar : 197
– Kami (Dalit): 8
– Thakuri: 22
• Group formed: 19
• One ha land /per Household
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6. Leasehold Forestry
• A category of the national forest
• The forestland is leased to poor people groups
• The group gets an endowment for access rights with
a 40-year period
• District Forest Officer approves a plan for
management
• The group is assigned legal rights for management of
the forest and group
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7. Goal
A sustained reduction in the poverty of the poor HHs allocating
leasehold forestry plots through increased production of forest
products and livestock.
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8. Programme intervention
Project activities launched in April
2010
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Implementation
modality

9. Forest land
for lease
Group ( members 5
to 15 households)
Technical support by
hub office
Government of Nepal
(authorized to DFO)
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10. Institutional Set up
Constitution Preparation
By Group members
Support by DFO/TA to hub
technicians
Group / Executive committee formation
Minimum 5 HH Maximum 15 HH
Potential participants/member identification
Land holding < 0.5 ha/household
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Primary
stakeholder
interaction
Site Planning
Shrub
clearance
Alignment of
contour line
along slope
Planting
forage/fodd
er/NTFP
Plants
Intercrop
planting
between two
contour line
Maintenance
and tending
operation

12. Resource Inputs
2 goats/per
HH Rs
5000.00
A buck/per 10
HH Rs 7000.00
Forage
seeds/slips/fodder
saplings/NTFPs
saplings/Horticulture
seedlings
Vegetable seeds
packet
Resource Pooling: soil erosion
control/school
maintenance/drinking water
support/irrigation channel
maintenance
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13. Forestry
Group
formation
Capacity
Development
Land
preparation
Forage and forest
species plantation
Livestock
Goat and pig
farming support
Goat Resource center
development
Animal health service
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14. Planning
Coordination
Resource
pooling
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Thysanolaena maxima

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19. Conclusion
• The entitlement received from the government has
empowered the people to manage the forest from
shifting cultivation mode to productive land.
• The intervention with all components of livelihood
assets is necessary to make people self reliant on a
regular income sources.
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20. Conclusion
• Interacting between livestock and forestry in
rural set up could enhance their livelihood
with diversified practice with a little effort but
should be continue with professional idea.
• It needs a regular service feedback and market
linkages for further enterprise development of
their efforts.
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21. Recommendations
• The success cycle and story could be replicate
into other shifting cultivated land and similar
characterized social set up in the country.
• Already started by a project Green Forestry
Programme (US funded) but needs
mainstreaming by all projects
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22. Acknowledgements for who
loved the poorest people
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