Influence of Rural Out-Migration on Household Participation in Community Forest Management? Evidence from the Middle Hills of Nepal
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Bista, Rajesh
- Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geography
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Graybill, Sophia
- Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geography
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Zhang, Qi
- Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geography
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Bilsborrow, Richard E.
- Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geography
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Song, Conghe
- Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geography
- Abstract
- Rural out-migration was a rare socio-economic phenomenon when community forestry began in the 1980s in Nepal. Now, out-migration significantly influences nearly every aspect of rural livelihoods in the country. However, it is unclear how out-migration affects community forestry governance, which is essential for sustainable rural development. Therefore, this paper addresses the following research question: Does rural out-migration affect forest users’ participation in community forestry decision-making and management practices? This paper draws on data collected from an extensive survey of 415 households from 15 community forest user groups in 2 Mid-Hill districts of Nepal. The research used ordered-logit regression to model the impacts of out-migration on participation in forest management and decision-making, while controlling for a number of other socio-economic factors. The model results show that total household size and number of internal migrants, together with multiple resource characteristics and institutional attributes, were major factors affecting participation in decision-making and forest management. However, the number of international migrants did not have a significant role in determining the levels of the participation. This study provides valuable insights for future community forestry policymaking that aims to address the effects of out-migration on community forest management in Nepal.
- Date of publication
- 2023
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- Attribution 4.0 International
- Journal title
- Sustainability
- Journal volume
- 15
- Journal issue
- 3
- Page start
- 2185
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- English
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- 2071-1050
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- MDPI
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