Environmental Investment in Community Forest Management (CFM): Its effects on Social Protection of the poor households of Mid Hill Nepal

Raghu Bista

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Abstract: This study investigates empirically what is investment of local community in community forest management and conservation in mid hill Nepal by using descriptive statistics based on primary data sources. This study results that poor member of the community invests in forest management and conservation more than rich. However, economic and forest product benefits return of the community forest to the poor is less than the rich. Its implication on social protection of the poor households is negative more than the poor households.

Keywords: environmental investment; local community; community forestry; social protection; Nepal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C13 C54 D13 D14 D71 D72 D78 H41 I38 Q23 Q26 Q5 Q54 Q57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-01-02, Revised 2013-01-13
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Published in Journal of Environmental Investing 1.4(2013): pp. 50-69

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