February 2006 issue of Journal of Forest and Livelihood available

February 2006 issue of Journal of Forest and Livelihood is now available online. This issue focuses on the problems and opportunities of the forest-dependant poor in Nepal and in Asia.

This issue includes 8 articles that highlight the problems faced by the forest-dependent poor, spell out the causes underlying those problems, present empirical evidences on pro-poor approaches for addressing those problems, and analyze the linkages between the pro-poor objectives in governance and community-based natural resource management.

The contents of the issue available online at Forest Action website:

• Exploring Priority Problems of the Forest Dependent Poor in Nepal (Article) -Harisharan Luintel and Basundhara Bhattarai
• Caught in the Crossfire: Forest-Dependent Poor People in Nepal1 (Article) -Krishna Prasad Paudel and Balkrishna Kattel
• Transforming Agency and Structure for Facilitating Pro-Poor Governance in Community Forestry (Article) -Mani Ram Banjade, Netra Prasad Timsina, Hari Raj Neupane, Kamal Bhandari, Tara Bhattarai and Sushila Kumari Rana
• Experiences and Challenges of Promoting Pro-Poor and Social Inclusion Initiatives in User Group Forestry (Article) -Bimala Rai Paudyal, Peter Neil and Gaia Allison
• The Livelihood Improvement Process: An Inclusive and Pro-Poor Approach to Community Forestry – Experiences from Kabhrepalanchok and Sindhupalchok Districts of Nepal (Article) -Murari Joshi, Lokendra Dhakal, Gopi Paudel, Raghu Shrestha, Arun Paudel, Padam Bahadur Chand and Netra Prasad Timsina
• Reconstructing the Concept of Forest-Based Enterprise Development in Nepal: Towards a Pro-Poor Approach (Article) -Bharat Pokharel, Dinesh Paudel, Peter Branney, Dil Bahadur Khatri and Mike Nurse
• From Protection to Poverty Reduction: A Review of Forestry Policies and Practices in Nepal (Article) -Ram B. Chhetri
• Reducing Poverty through Community Based Forest Management in Asia (Article) -Sango Mahanty, Jane Gronow, Mike Nurse and Yam Malla