Community Management and Wellbeing Increase the Resilience of Nepali Forests to Climate Change DOI
Matt Clark, Adam M. Sykulski, Siyu Liu

et al.

Published: April 11, 2025

Abstract Community-based conservation initiatives are essential for mitigating climate change and biodiversity loss. Yet, the communities leading these efforts themselves disproportionately impacted by change. Despite this, there is little insight about how resilient community-based institutions to extreme weather contextual factors, such as material wellbeing, further affect their durability. We examined this dynamic across nearly 20,000 community-managed forests in Nepal using high-resolution mapping of forest from 2018–2023. Our analysis revealed that, without community management, tree clearing doubled response anomalous precipitation patterns. In contrast, showed no loss, with resilience similarly bolstered wellbeing. Unlike formal protected areas, also maintain local access resources, likely limiting harvesting encouraging cultivation non-timber products. These findings underscore vulnerability instability protective potential management.

Language: Английский

Community Management and Wellbeing Increase the Resilience of Nepali Forests to Climate Change DOI
Matt Clark, Adam M. Sykulski, Siyu Liu

et al.

Published: April 11, 2025

Abstract Community-based conservation initiatives are essential for mitigating climate change and biodiversity loss. Yet, the communities leading these efforts themselves disproportionately impacted by change. Despite this, there is little insight about how resilient community-based institutions to extreme weather contextual factors, such as material wellbeing, further affect their durability. We examined this dynamic across nearly 20,000 community-managed forests in Nepal using high-resolution mapping of forest from 2018–2023. Our analysis revealed that, without community management, tree clearing doubled response anomalous precipitation patterns. In contrast, showed no loss, with resilience similarly bolstered wellbeing. Unlike formal protected areas, also maintain local access resources, likely limiting harvesting encouraging cultivation non-timber products. These findings underscore vulnerability instability protective potential management.

Language: Английский

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