Small-scale forest enterprise development in Nepal: overview, issues and challenges
The study looks at three representative cases in detail to understand the organizational management; resource governance, production and harvesting; technology and financing; and benefit sharing arrangements. It is found that the SSFE governance framework is still evolving particularly in case of those managed by groups. Forest resources are generally harvested under an approved management plan and the user groups have adopted measures to ensure sustained supply of resources over time. Despite these measures, there are sustainability challenges that these SSFEs will face in the long run. While most of the SSFEs are struggling to generate profit, they have a strong orientation for equitable benefit sharing, especially to benefit poor, women and other marginalized forest dependent groups. The study has made a few recommendations. First, it shows a need to explore suitable institutional arrangements that creates adequate incentive to local forest user group leaders to run enterprises and develop needed partnership with private sector. Second, capacity development of service providers, entrepreneurs and forest managers should be supported by suitable technical and managerial capacities. Third, there is a need for timely and periodic revision in policy and forest tenure to incentivize forest managing communities and private actors in establishing SSFEs. Fourth, critically needed business development services should be provided through a combination of public and private funds and mechanism. Finally, the government must ensure a safe and fair business environment in which entrepreneurs are encouraged to invest more on SSFEs.
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| Format: | Texto biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
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Rome (Italy) FAO
2018
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| Subjects: | community-based forest enterprise development, small enterprise development, community forestry, legal frameworks, case studies, |
| Online Access: | http://www.fao.org/3/ca2598en/CA2598EN.pdf |
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