This paper attempts to asess the livelihood impacts of community forestry based on Forest User Groups (FUGs) in the Middle hills of Nepal, using data from the Koshi hills region in the East. The general finding is that impacts are diverse both within and between FUGs, but have been generally positive, in terms of improved levels and security of ofrest product and benefit flows...   

Om Prakash Dev, Nagendra Prasad Yadav, Oliver Springate-Baginski, John Soussan