Tree Species Diversity in Community Managed and National Park Forests in the Mid-Hills of Central Nepal

Sammanfattning

Community forestry is expanding in developing countries but there is limited knowledge of, and contradictory findings about, its contribution to biodiversity conservation. This study aims at increasing the understanding of tree species diversity in community forests compared to National Parks. A forest inventory was carried out in four community forests and one National Park in the mid-hills of central Nepal. The study found that community forestry has contributed to high tree species diversity where forest management communities have interests in multiple species, but most community forests are moving toward promoting limited timber yielding species that have high economic value. Linking community forestry with economic incentives for conserving multiple tree species could therefore be a strategy to conserve biodiversity outside of protected areas.

Nyckelord

conservation; species richness; community; forest management

Publicerad i

Journal of Sustainable Forestry
2014, volym: 33, nummer: 8, sidor: 796-813
Utgivare: TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC

SLU författare

• Gerhardt, Karin

  • Institutionen för stad och land, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Associerade SLU-program

SLU Centrum för biologisk mångfald, CBM

Globala målen (SDG)

SDG15 Ekosystem och biologisk mångfald

UKÄ forskningsämne

Skogsvetenskap

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10549811.2014.925811

Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/77123