Ecosystem Services from Forest Management Units in Eastern and Central Bhutan

Abstract

List of figures and tables FiguresRecently logged area in Khaling-Kharungla FMU, Trashigang. Location of the five study areas in central and eastern Bhutan. 3 Frequency of priority ecosystem services. 4 Timber lot rot at the depot, Umlingbadep, Rongmanchhu FMU. Tables1 General information on FMUs. Villages in bold letters were included in this project. 2 Priority ranking of importance of ecosystem service by village and gender in FGD. 3 Perceived trends in the provision of prioritized ecosystem services from FMU forests.v The people's perception study on ecosystem services in FMU was supported by the SLANT Bhutan project, a collaborative research project between UWICER and CIFOR, with funding assistance from the people of Austria. The authors would like to thank the participants from all the villages, who gave their best to present their perceptions of the importance of the local forest. We are also grateful to the participants at the respective FMUs and the people in charge of management of the territorial divisions, Mongar, Trashigang, and Zhemgang for delegating the respective FMUs in-charge for facilitating the FDG successfully in their locality. Jamyang Tenzin, currently at Global Tiger Center, Gelephu, and Karma Wangdi from UWICER were instrumental in assisting in the field works and co-moderating during the FDG. We would like to thank them for their selfless contribution.

Framework for assessing ecosystem services from bamboo forests: Lessons from Asia and Africa

“…Such a framework can be based on various frameworks used to assess ES from other forests, e.g. planted forests (Baral et al 2016), community forests (Paudyal et al 2015), forest management units (Wangchuk et al 2019) and mountain forests , and can be modified to fit with bamboo forests. Figure 2 shows a proposed diagrammatic representation of the framework for the assessment of ES from bamboo forests.…”