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Community Forest User Groups

Community Forest User Groups is a formal institutional arrangement, falling under the broader category of decentralized forest governance mechanisms, that specifically comprises legally recognized local collectives granted management rights and responsibilities over defined forest resources through participatory forest management agreements with state authorities.

153

Publications

5.8K

Citations

336

Authors

171

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

40

Variants

Cfugs

Parents

Publications

153

Local attitudes toward community-based conservation policy and programmes in Nepal: a case study in the Makalu-Barun Conservation Area

Jai N. Mehta, Stephen R. Kellert · Environmental Conservation · 1998 · 300 citations

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High value forests, hidden economies and elite capture: Evidence from forest user groups in Nepal's Terai

Vegard Iversen, Birka Chhetry, Paul Francis et al. · Ecological Economics · 2005 · 206 citations

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"The Experts Taught Us All We Know": Professionalisation and Knowledge in Nepalese Community Forestry

Andrea J. Nightingale · Antipode · 2005 · 138 citations · Full text

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An assessment of the impacts of the REDD+ pilot project on community forests user groups (CFUGs) and their community forests in Nepal

Tek Maraseni, Prem Raj Neupane, Federico López-Casero et al. · Journal of Environmental Management · 2014 · 133 citations · Full text

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Institutions and collective action: Does heterogeneity matter in community-based resource management?

Bhim Adhikari, Jon C. Lovett · The Journal of Development Studies · 2006 · 124 citations

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Authors

336

  1. OS
    Oliver Springate‐Baginski

    University of East Anglia, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 414 citations

    6

    h-index

  2. BB
    Bir Bahadur Khanal Chhetri

    Tribhuvan University, Nepal

    5 publications · 228 citations

    5

    h-index

  3. MR
    Mani Ram Banjade

    Center for International Forestry Research, Indonesia

    4 publications · 95 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. PR
    Prem Raj Neupane

    Universität Hamburg, Germany

    4 publications · 220 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. BB
    Bijendra Basnyat

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    4 publications · 86 citations

    4

    h-index

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Institutions

171

  1. Tribhuvan University

    Kathmandu, Nepal

    13 h-index

    29 publications

    683 citations

  2. Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation

    Kathmandu, Nepal

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    207 citations

  3. University of York

    York, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    813 citations

  4. BOKU University

    Vienna, Austria

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    281 citations

  5. University of East Anglia

    Norwich, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    162 citations

  7. Government of Nepal

    Kathmandu, Nepal

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    182 citations

  8. University of Southern Queensland

    Toowoomba, Australia

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    240 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Forest and Livelihood

    17 publications · 695 citations

    14

    h-index

  2. The International Forestry Review

    13 publications · 351 citations

    13

    h-index

  3. Forest Policy and Economics

    FPE · 8 publications · 403 citations

    8

    h-index

  4. Banko Janakari

    7 publications · 99 citations

    7

    h-index

  5. Mountain Research and Development

    6 publications · 144 citations

    6

    h-index

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