Income Generating Activities of Community Forestry User Groups A Case Study of Ramdhuni Kali Community Forest User Groups of Harnamadi VDC Makwanpur District

Abstract

Community forestry is a small scale, village level forestry practicewhere decisions and actions are often made on a collective basis, andwhere the rural population participate in planning, establishment,management and harvesting of forest crops and receive a smallproportion of the socio-economic and ecological benefits from the forest. Community forestry was introduced in Nepal in 1978s. Thecommunityforestry approach has been highly successful in the protectionof the forest in the hills of Nepal. The local user groups are responsiblefor the control, protection, and management of the forest. The research is done on the current issue of income generationactivities. Forest as local resources are main resources and also sourceof livelihood of flora, fauna and human beings. This study focuses onincome generation of Ram Dhuni Kali CFUGs of Makwanpur district.The main objective of this study is to investigate on Income GeneratingActivities. However, other specific objectives are;  To analyze the socio-economic status of the forest users group. To asses the income generating activities of forest user groups. This study has adopted both the descriptive and exploratoryresearch designs. Out of 310 HHs only 13 percent (40 HHs) had beenselected by purposive sampling. On the process of data collection bothprimary and secondary sources has been used. The above study shows that the resources of CF had changed thesocio-economic status of the local communities as well as the level ofparticipation had been increased rapidly. But for the further work it isrecommended to adopt better trainings, skills, awareness, etc.