Research Article

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

Table 6

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

ItemsUnitSciFM (NRs/ha/year)ConvFM (NRs/ha/year)
QuantityRate (NRs/ha)AmountQuantityRate (NRs/ha)Amount

(a) Market price
Plan preparation and revisionha/year1.01,110.81,110.81.073.873.8
Forest managementha/year1.060,652.460,652.41.037,311.537,311.5
Harvesting and loggingha/year1.021,298.021,298.01.014,875.514,875.5
Administrativeha/year1.015,716.915,716.91.06,460.96,460.9
Kind (labor) contributionDay/ha/year22.7800.018,188.519.6800.015,711.4
Transaction costsDay/ha/year2.2800.01,782.91.6800.01,320.0
Feesha/year1.015.715.71.015.715.7
Total118,765.275,768.8
(b) Subsidized price
Plan preparation and revisionha/year1.01,110.81,110.81.073.873.8
Forest managementha/year1.060,652.460,652.41.017,822.117,822.1
Harvesting and loggingha/year1.021,298.021,298.01.014,875.514,875.5
Administrativeha/year1.06041.56041.51.03,086.13,086.1
Kind (labor) contributionDay/ha/year22.7800.018,188.519.6800.015,711.4
Transaction costsDay/ha/year2.2800.01,782.91.6800.01,320.0
Feesha/year1.015.715.71.015.715.7
Total109,089.852,904.6