Two decades of community forestry in Nepal: What have we learned?
Two decades of community forestry in Nepal: What have we learned?
Two decades of community forestry in Nepal: What have we learned?
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<strong>Two</strong> <strong>decades</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>community</strong> <strong>forestry</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Nepal</strong>: <strong>What</strong> <strong>have</strong> <strong>we</strong> <strong>learned</strong>?<br />
4. PRO-POOR LIVELIHOODS<br />
“NSCFP has been known as an organisation which speaks for the poor.”<br />
Surya Kumari Rai, Sobrudanda CFUG, Okhaldhunga<br />
“Currently many projects say that they <strong>have</strong> pro-poor approach, but NSCFP has been very<br />
strong <strong>in</strong> its procedure and process.”<br />
Dibya Gurung, UNDP, Former Programme Offi cer, SDC<br />
“NSCFP has been advocat<strong>in</strong>g a lot for the poor. It is high time that the project br<strong>in</strong>gs a<br />
programme that gets resources directly to their households”<br />
Laxman Gautam, Department <strong>of</strong> Forests<br />
NSCFP began as a <strong>forestry</strong> project seek<strong>in</strong>g to support the livelihoods <strong>of</strong> the rural<br />
poor, and from the outset staff sought to conduct <strong>in</strong>terventions <strong>in</strong> a socially<br />
<strong>in</strong>clusive manner, benefi tt<strong>in</strong>g the poor. Nevertheless, it was <strong>in</strong> 2000 that a very<br />
strong “pro-poor” thrust was <strong>in</strong>troduced, based on a rigorous gender analysis and<br />
the root causes <strong>of</strong> chronic poverty: class (disparity <strong>in</strong> economic opportunities),<br />
caste (especially untouchability), ethnicity, gender, geographical disparity and<br />
Community <strong>forestry</strong> has a big challenge to address the issue <strong>of</strong> poverty, gender and caste discrim<strong>in</strong>ation <strong>in</strong> <strong>Nepal</strong>i society<br />
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