Community and Institutional Drivers of Deforestation, Environmental Impacts, and Extension Interventions for Forest Management in the Hindu Kush Himalaya
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.5586" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.5586</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ldr.5586" target="_blank" >10.1002/ldr.5586</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Community and Institutional Drivers of Deforestation, Environmental Impacts, and Extension Interventions for Forest Management in the Hindu Kush Himalaya
Original language description
Deforestation in Pakistan's mountainous regions, particularly in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH), presents significant environmental, social, and economic challenges. Despite various control measures, deforestation persists due to institutional weaknesses and community pressures. This paper explores the institutional and community drivers of deforestation, its environmental impacts, and extension interventions. Focus group discussions (FGDs) with community members from 10 HKH villages provided diverse perspectives. Findings revealed that deforestation results from institutional failures, such as ineffective enforcement of regulations, deficient extension services, and corruption, along with community factors like elite capture, political patronage of offenders, dependence on livestock, communal forest distribution, and limited job opportunities for youth. This has led to ecological deterioration, including climate change, water scarcity, and heightened flood risks. Despite the inadequacy of the extension system, it plays a vital role in promoting sustainable forest management by overcoming resistance to restoration programs and encouraging community participation and decision-making. Policy recommendations focus on strengthening extension services for effective forest management and conservation, particularly by providing extension agents with necessary physical resources, such as staff, vehicles, and office facilities, along with training to enhance their operational capacity.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40101 - Agriculture
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
ISSN
1085-3278
e-ISSN
1085-3278
Volume of the periodical
36
Issue of the periodical within the volume
JUN 2025
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
3575-3586
UT code for WoS article
001449610600001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105000803430