Participatory Forest Management in the Mountain: Policy, Law and Institutions - A Case Study of Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Chitwan District of Central Nepal

CONTENTS
Acknowledgement
List of Tables
List of Cases
List of Diagrams
Abbreviations
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION;
1.1 Introduction to the Research Topic;
1.2 Research Area;
1.3 Statement of the Problem;
1.4 Conceptual Framework;
1.5 Research Methodology;
1. 5.1 The Main Hypothesis;
1. 5. 2 Operationalization of Hypothesis;
1.5.3 Research Design;
1.6 Objective and Significance of the Study;
1.6.1 Issues to be Studied;
1.7 Chapterization;
CHAPTER II HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES;
2.1 Introduction;
2.2 Post-Unification period;
2.3 Post-Unification and Pre-Rana period;
2.4 The Rana Period;
2.4.1 The Laws;
2.4.2 Policy and Institutions;
2.5 Post Rana Period;
CHAPTER III POLICY, LAW AND INSTITUTIONS FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE MOUNTAIN FORESTS - AN ANALYSIS;
3.1 Background;
3.2 The Forest Policy;
3.2.1 The Master Plan for the Forestry Sector 1988;
3.2.2 Forestry and Environment of the Eighth Plan;
3.2.3 The Environment Protection Council and the National Conservation Strategy;
3.2.4 The Environment Impact Assessment Guidelines;
3.3 The Laws;
3.3.1 The Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal 1990;
3.3.2 The National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1973;
3.3.3 The Soil and/Watershed Conservation Act 1982;
3.3.4 The Forest Act. 1993 and Regulation 1995;
3.4 Forest Institutions;
3.4.1 The Forest Bureaucracy;
3.4.2 Other Institutions/Organizations;
3.5 The Judicial Approach;
CHAPTKR IV: THE PRESENT SCENARIO OF THE PARTICIPATORY FOREST
MANAGEMENT IN NEPAL: A CASE STUDY;
4.1 The National Scenario;
4.2 The General Scenario of the Study Area;
4.2.1 Rasuwa District;
4.2.2 Nuwakot District;
4.2.3 Chitwan district;
4.3 The Empirical Study;
4.3.1 Sample Selection;
4.3.2 The Findings;
4.3.3 Analysis;
CHAPTER V SHORTCOMINGS IN THE MODNTAIN FOREST MANAGEMENTS; POLICY, LAW AND PRACTICE;
5.1 The Background;
5.2 The Forest Policies;
5.3 The Forest Laws;
5.4 Implementation Problems;
CHAPTER VI TOWORDS FORMS;
6.1 Conclusions and Suggestions;
6.2 A Blue Print of the Proposed Amendment;
BIBLIOGRAPHY;
APPENDICES;
1. Plates 1 to 12;
2. Annexures 1 to 16.