Financial Assessment of Forest Management Systems in the Community Forests: A Case Study from the Midhills of Nepal

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Benefit</td><td class="align_center">ConvFM</td><td class="align_center">SciFM</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Timber</td><td class="align_center">Computed from the management plan following community forestry inventory guidelines, 2004</td><td class="align_center">Computed from CFUGs harvesting records/management plan</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Firewood (green)</td><td class="align_center">Sale records (2012–2014)</td><td class="align_center">Sale records (2015–2017)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Firewood (dry)</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2" rowspan="3">Focus group discussion/rapid surveys following a recall method, including validation of the results from focus group discussions and record review</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Fodder (grasses)</td><td class="align_left" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Wage (employment)</td><td class="align_left" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Methods followed for the estimation of benefits.</div>

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Table 3: Financial Assessment of Forest Management Systems in the Community Forests: A Case Study from the Midhills of Nepal 