For Environment, Democracy and Livelihoods
Putting timber in the hot seat: discourses, policy and contestations over timber in Nepal
In this context, we examine the shifting discourses and the rationale used to justify them through the following questions: Has the economic and other values of forests really changed in the last two decades? What can explain this shifting emphasis? Where are the key actors in these shifting discourses? Answers to these questions are also important to define the future of forests and the purposes they serve. This would also provide some idea in relation to prospects of forest for poverty reduction. This paper seeks to answer some of these questions by critically examining the discourses around forestry in a historical context. It also examines who are promoting these discourses and what could be the drivers of these shifts….
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