1. COMMUNITY BASED FOREST MANAGEMENT
Lecture by Khem L. Bishwakarma
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3. Rural livelihoods and their relation with
community based forestry
14. Capital formation through community based
forestry (natural, physical, human, social
and financial )
2. Livelihood
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• Dictionary meaning: a means of
securing the necessities of life
• In general, livelihood comprises the
capabilities, assets, and activities
required for means of living and
improvement of capacities and
assets/resources required for
sustainable living.
6. Social Capital
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the social resources that people draw on to make a
living, such as relationships with either more
powerful people (vertical connections) or with
others like themselves (horizontal connections), or
membership of groups or organizations. Generally
relationships of trust, reciprocity, and exchange that
the poor can draw on in times of need, and that
lower the costs of working productively together.
Social capital has an intrinsic value; good social
relationships are not simply a means, they are an end
in themselves.
7. Rural Livelihood & CFUG Social
Resources
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Executive
Committee
Interest group
Meetings
General Assembly
Meeting with DFO
CFUG SOCIAL RESOURCES
Leadership skills
Cooperation
Empowerment
Linkages
Trust/Harmony
RURAL LIVELIHOOD
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Assembly/ Meeting
Increased access to
food+medicine
Forest mgt
operations
Exposure
Training/Workshop
CFUG PROGRAMS
Skills
Knowledge
Ability to work
Good health
RURAL LIVELIHOOD
12. Physical Capital
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the basic infrastructure that people need
to make a living, as well as the tools and
equipment that they use. For example,
transport and communication systems,
shelter, water and sanitation systems,
and energy.
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Community
Hall+communication
Water supply/Water
source conservation
Rural
electrification
Rural roads
Construction
material
CFUG PROGRAMS
Improved house
Electricity
Internet
Vehicles
Access to clean
water
RURAL LIVELIHOOD
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0
20
40
60
80
100
Natural
Capital
Physical
Capital
Social Capital
Financial
Capital
Human
Capital
Livelihood Capitals
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Livelihood
Assets
Influence
& Access
Transformin
g Structures
& Processes
Structure
s-Levels
of
governme
nt
-Private
Sector
-Laws
-Policies
-Culture
-
Institutio
n
-Private
Sector
Process
Livelihoo
d
Strategies
-More
income
-Increased
well-being
-Reduced
vulnerability
-Improved
food security
-More
sustainable
use of NR
base
-Shocks
-Trends
-Seasonality
Vulnerability
Context
Livelihood
Outcomes
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H P
S
F
Source: DFID
1999
16. Sustainable Livelihood Framework
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The sustainable livelihoods framework is an effort to
conceptualize livelihoods in a holistic way, capturing
the many complexities of livelihoods, and the
constraints and opportunities that they are
subjected to.
These constraints and opportunities are shaped by
numerous factors, ranging from global or national
level trends and structures over which individuals
have no control, and may not even be aware of, to
more local norms and institutions and, finally, the
assets to which the households or individual has
direct access.
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Livelihood
Assets
Influence
& Access
Transforming
Structures &
Processes
Structures
-Levels of
governme
nt
-Private
Sector
-Laws
-Policies
-Culture
-
Instituti
on
-Private
Sector
Process
Livelihood
Strategies
-More
income
-Increased
well-being
-Reduced
vulnerability
-Improved
food security
-More
sustainable
use of NR
base
-Shocks
-Trends
-Seasonality
Vulnerabilit
y Context
Livelihood
Outcomes
N
H P
S
F
22. Vulnerability Context
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The vulnerability context is important because the
three factors have a direct impact on the
possibilities that poor people have to earn a
living now and in the future. Wider economic
conditions (economic trend) can create more or
fewer opportunities; an illness in the family can
deprive a family of an important source of income
and can force them to sell important assets that
they have built up. Seasonal shifts in prices,
production and employment opportunities are
one of the most enduring sources of hardship for
poor people all over the world.
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Livelihood
Assets
Influence
& Access
Transforming
Structures &
Processes
Structures
-Levels of
governme
nt
-Private
Sector
-Laws
-Policies
-Culture
-
Instituti
on
-Private
Sector
Process
Livelihood
Strategies
-More
income
-Increased
well-being
-Reduced
vulnerability
-Improved
food security
-More
sustainable
use of NR
base
-Shocks
-Trends
-Seasonality
Vulnerabilit
y Context
Livelihood
Outcomes
N
H P
S
F
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Transforming
Structure & Process
•The 'transforming structures and
processes' refer to the institutions and
policies that affect poor peoples' lives,
from public and private entities to
national policies and local culture.
•They can change both the vulnerability
context and the assets to which poor
people have access.
25. Livelihood Assets
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Livelihood
Assets
Influence
& Access
Transforming
Structures &
Processes
Structures
-Levels of
governme
nt
-Private
Sector
-Laws
-Policies
-Culture
-
Instituti
on
-Private
Sector
Process
Livelihood
Strategies
-More
income
-Increased
well-being
-Reduced
vulnerability
-Improved
food security
-More
sustainable
use of NR
base
-Shocks
-Trends
-Seasonality
Vulnerabilit
y Context
Livelihood
Outcomes
N
H P
S
F
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Livelihood Assets
The idea of assets is central to the
sustainable livelihoods approach.
Rather than understanding poverty
as simply a lack of income, the
sustainable livelihoods approach
considers the assets that poor
people need in order to sustain an
adequate income to live.
27. Livelihood Strategies
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Livelihood
Assets
Influence
& Access
Transforming
Structures &
Processes
Structures
-Levels of
governme
nt
-Private
Sector
-Laws
-Policies
-Culture
-
Instituti
on
-Private
Sector
Process
Livelihood
Strategies
-More
income
-Increased
well-being
-Reduced
vulnerability
-Improved
food security
-More
sustainable
use of NR
base
-Shocks
-Trends
-Seasonality
Vulnerabilit
y Context
Livelihood
Outcomes
N
H P
S
F
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Livelihood Strategies
Based on those assets, and shaped
by the vulnerability context and the
transforming structures and
processes, poor people are able to
undertake a range of livelihood
strategies - activities and choices -
that ultimately determine their
livelihood outcomes.
29. Livelihood Outcomes
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Livelihood
Assets
Influence
& Access
Transforming
Structures &
Processes
Structures
-Levels of
governme
nt
-Private
Sector
-Laws
-Policies
-Culture
-
Instituti
on
-Private
Sector
Process
Livelihood
Strategies
-More
income
-Increased
well-being
-Reduced
vulnerability
-Improved
food security
-More
sustainable
use of NR
base
-Shocks
-Trends
-Seasonality
Vulnerabilit
y Context
Livelihood
Outcomes
N
H P
S
F
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Livelihood Outcomes
As discussed earlier, poor people are usually
obliged to combine a range of strategies in
order simply to survive; individuals may
engage in multiple activities, and the
different members of a household may live
and work in different places. The outcomes
that they may achieve, all being well, could
include more income, increased well-being,
reduced vulnerability and greater food
security.
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20
40
60
80
100
Natural
Capital
Physical
Capital
Social Capital
Financial
Capital
Human
Capital
Livelihood Capitals