Forest Structure, Diversity, and Regeneration in a Community‐Managed Forest of Nepal: A Model for Carbon Sequestration and Sustainable Management DOI Creative Commons
Tika Ram Poudel, Prakash Chandra Aryal, Muhammad Tayyab Khan

et al.

Plant-Environment Interactions, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 6(2)

Published: March 16, 2025

ABSTRACT Community forestry, a participatory forest management system, encourages conservation, enhances carbon sequestration, and advances the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by increasing community ownership of resource management. in terms policies practices, directly supports SDG‐1, SDG‐13, SDG‐15 promoting empowerment as well ecosystem health. It provides immediate benefits to local livelihoods enhancing access services such fuelwood, fodder, non‐timber products. Here, we assess regeneration conservation value Nepal recording seedlings, saplings, mature trees randomly sampled plots. The plots were structurally complex with rich tree diversity; most showed high diameter at breast height (DBH) differentiation diversity. Most species followed an abundance distribution seedlings > saplings adults, suggesting “good” regeneration. Tree stock was 137.6 tons per hectare positively associated density diversity negatively altitude. An increase one standard deviation index ~0.39 11.7% higher hectare. Plot‐level related lower heights. Overall, forestry successfully transformed degraded into quality within two decades, outperforming regional average Thus, forests can act effective model for sustainable are essential tools policymakers promote regeneration, structural diversity, storage, growth, utilization.

Language: Английский

Associations between stand spatial structures and carbon sequestration on natural Larix gmelinii forests in Northeast China DOI Creative Commons

Akber Ali,

Tika Ram Poudel,

MUHAMMAD ISMAIL

et al.

Trees Forests and People, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 100837 - 100837

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Forest Structure, Diversity, and Regeneration in a Community‐Managed Forest of Nepal: A Model for Carbon Sequestration and Sustainable Management DOI Creative Commons
Tika Ram Poudel, Prakash Chandra Aryal, Muhammad Tayyab Khan

et al.

Plant-Environment Interactions, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 6(2)

Published: March 16, 2025

ABSTRACT Community forestry, a participatory forest management system, encourages conservation, enhances carbon sequestration, and advances the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by increasing community ownership of resource management. in terms policies practices, directly supports SDG‐1, SDG‐13, SDG‐15 promoting empowerment as well ecosystem health. It provides immediate benefits to local livelihoods enhancing access services such fuelwood, fodder, non‐timber products. Here, we assess regeneration conservation value Nepal recording seedlings, saplings, mature trees randomly sampled plots. The plots were structurally complex with rich tree diversity; most showed high diameter at breast height (DBH) differentiation diversity. Most species followed an abundance distribution seedlings > saplings adults, suggesting “good” regeneration. Tree stock was 137.6 tons per hectare positively associated density diversity negatively altitude. An increase one standard deviation index ~0.39 11.7% higher hectare. Plot‐level related lower heights. Overall, forestry successfully transformed degraded into quality within two decades, outperforming regional average Thus, forests can act effective model for sustainable are essential tools policymakers promote regeneration, structural diversity, storage, growth, utilization.

Language: Английский

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