Forest Structure, Diversity, and Regeneration in a Community-Managed Forest of Nepal: A Model for Carbon Sequestration and Sustainable Management.

ABSTRACT: Community forestry, a participatory forest management system, encourages forest conservation, enhances carbon sequestration, and advances the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by increasing community ownership of resource management. Community forestry, in terms of policies and practices, directly supports SDG-1, SDG-13, and SDG-15 by promoting community ownership and empowerment as well as ecosystem health. It provides immediate benefits to local livelihoods by enhancing access to ecosystem services such as fuelwood, fodder, and non-timber forest products. Here, we assess the forest regeneration and conservation value of a community forest in Nepal by recording seedlings, saplings, and mature trees in randomly sampled plots. The plots were structurally complex with rich tree diversity;

SUBMITTER: Poudel TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11910969 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature