How the change works
- 01 / Public decision
Shared rights and rules
- 02 / Physical change
Local care and surveillance
- 03 / Possible outcome
Regrown to measure
Management rights and shared responsibilities can give residents a concrete reason to tend to the forest over time.
Research and local documents ↓What the evidence tells us
Satellite observations reported by NASA show that forest cover in Devithan increased from 12% in 1988 to 92% in 2016. Community management is part of the Nepalese regrowth story.
Forest cover in Devithan
12 % of surface1988
92 % of surface2016
Satellite comparison referring to a single site. It is not a national percentage nor is it an isolated causal effect.
Open the source ↗Read values and method
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| 1988 | 12 % of surface |
| 2016 | 92 % of surface |
Satellite comparison referring to a single site. It is not a national percentage nor is it an isolated causal effect.
Putting the choices into practice
Responsibility
The challengeAccess without shared rules
The responseCommunity management
Oversight
The challengePoorly supervised forest
The responseLocal surveillance
Outcome
The challengeForest cover in 1988
The responseForest cover in 2016
The diagram compares choices and conditions for putting them into practice. Measured outcomes and their limits are discussed in the evidence.
Research and local documents ↓Conditions and limits
The comparison describes a site and two dates. It doesn't prove that every community forest achieves the same result or that change depends on a single factor.
Other possible benefits
More stable access to forest resources and involvement of the people who inhabit the territory.
Research and local documents
- Local document and reported findingNASA Earth Observatory · How Nepal Regenerated Its Forests ↗
Research on the case, mechanism, or measures discussed in the sheet.
- Evidence for this findingVan Den Hoek et al., 2021 · Forest cover change in Nepal ↗
Satellite research on the change in forest cover; Devithan's data remains a local case.
- Local project or policy documentForestAction · Community Forest Policy in Nepal ↗
Community Management Framework and the Forest Act of 1993.
