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DOI	10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102556
	COVID-19 lockdown and the forestry sector: Insight from Gandaki province of Nepal
	Laudari, Hari Krishna; Pariyar, Shiva; Maraseni, Tek
通讯作者	Maraseni, T (通讯作者)，Univ Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Qld 4350, Australia.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	1389-9341
EISSN	1872-7050
卷号	131
英文摘要	Almost all countries have imposed large-scale mobility restrictions (or lockdown) to stop the spreading of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The mobility restriction has disrupted all types of business; causing a devastating impact on countries' economies; and pushing millions of people into extreme poverty. Scientists have been assessing the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on various fronts but there is limited scholarship in the forestry sector. We navigated the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on the forestry sector by taking Gandaki Province (21,974 km2) of Nepal as a case. Employing semi-structured interviews (n = 62) with all ten stakeholder groups, literature review and media analysis, our study revealed that the COVID-19 lockdown suspended all types of forestry and ecotourism businesses; obstructed research and monitoring activities; halted capacity development and extension services; impacted forest development work; and increased incidences of illegal logging and poaching and trafficking of wildlife. Because of the complete shutdown of businesses, the forestry sector of Gandaki province lost 9.6 million USD and 3.2 million man-days of employment during the lockdown period. The economic cost of the lockdown was 1.73 million USD for NTFPs traders, 1.26 million USD for ecotourism entrepreneurs, 0.55 million USD for the community forest user groups and 0.24 million USD for the smallholder or private forest owner. We suggested four post-COVID recovery pathways, including sustainable forest management, nature-based tourism, improvement of forest products value chain and community-based natural resource management to bounce back from the loss. As the current pandemic is most likely to derail the Sustainable Development Pathways of several countries, including Nepal and necessitates the need for an immediate response, the finding and recommendation of our study may inform decision-makers to reimage post-pandemic recovery and leverage sustainable development.
关键词	DEFORESTATION IMPACTS
英文关键词	Post-pandemic recovery; Nature-based solution; Sustainable forest management; Sustainable development goals; Community-based natural resource; management; Eco-tourism
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Business & Economics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Forestry
WOS类目	Economics ; Environmental Studies ; Forestry
WOS记录号	WOS:000696624500013
来源期刊	FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
来源机构	中国科学院西北生态环境资源研究院
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/254714
作者单位	[Laudari, Hari Krishna] Singh Durbar, Minist Forests & Environm, Kathmandu, Nepal; [Pariyar, Shiva] Minist Forest Environm & Soil Conservat, Pokhara, Gandaki Provinc, Nepal; [Maraseni, Tek] Univ Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Qld 4350, Australia; [Maraseni, Tek] Chinese Acad Sci, Northwest Inst Ecoenvironm & Resources, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Laudari, Hari Krishna,Pariyar, Shiva,Maraseni, Tek. COVID-19 lockdown and the forestry sector: Insight from Gandaki province of Nepal[J]. 中国科学院西北生态环境资源研究院,2021,131.
APA	Laudari, Hari Krishna,Pariyar, Shiva,&Maraseni, Tek.(2021).COVID-19 lockdown and the forestry sector: Insight from Gandaki province of Nepal.FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS,131.
MLA	Laudari, Hari Krishna,et al."COVID-19 lockdown and the forestry sector: Insight from Gandaki province of Nepal".FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS 131(2021).