Community and Institutional Drivers of Deforestation, Environmental Impacts, and Extension Interventions for Forest Management in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

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Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Community and Institutional Drivers of Deforestation, Environmental Impacts, and Extension Interventions for Forest Management in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Community and Institutional Drivers of Deforestation, Environmental Impacts, and Extension Interventions for Forest Management in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

40101 - Agriculture

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

ISSN

1085-3278

e-ISSN

1085-3278

Svazek periodika

36

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

JUN 2025

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

3575-3586

Kód UT WoS článku

001449610600001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105000803430