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

Table 5

Annual benefits per unit area (ha) by the forest management system.

Items	Unit	Market price (NRs)	SciFM		ConvFM
			Quantity	Value (NRs/ha)	Quantity	Value (NRs/ha)
(a) Market price
Timber	cft/ha	1000	142.0	141,986.6	87.5	87,502.8
Firewood (green)	Kg/ha	10	4,212.7	42,126.7	1,123.4	11,234.2
Firewood (dry)	Kg/ha	3	6,426.0	19,278.0	6,811.7	20,435.1
Grasses	Kg/ha	3	17,125.7	34,251.4	19,247.1	38,494.2
Fodder/litter	Days/ha	2	509.1	1,018.3	1,164.9	2,329.7
Wage/employment	Days/ha	800	3.9	3,137.1	1.9	1,525.7
Total				241,798.1		161,521.7
(b) Subsidized price (forest user groups present selling price )
Timber	cft/ha	100	142.0	14,198.7	87.5	87,50.3
Firewood (green)	Kg/ha	5	4,212.7	21,063.4	1,123.4	5,617.1
Firewood (dry)	Kg/ha	3	6,426.0	19,278.0	6,811.7	20,435.1
Grasses	Kg/ha	3	17,125.7	34,251.4	19,247.1	38,494.2
Fodder/litter	Days/ha	2	509.1	1,018.3	1,164.9	2,329.7
Wage/employment	Days/ha	800	3.9	3,137.1	1.9	1,525.7
Total				92,946.8		77,152.2