Wider discussions are held as to the contribution of community forestry program in Nepal
to improve the forest condition and meeting the forest product requirements. This paper
presents findings from a study of six Community Forest User Groups in far-western
lowlands of Kailali and Kanchanpur in Nepal. The groups with natural and plantation
forests have varied experiences in forest conservation and distribution of products. Some
groups are resourceful in terms of availability of forest products from the natural forests.
Others with plantation forests are product scarce from their own and depend on government
managed forest and other sources to meet their demands. The role of concerned
government authorities and federation of groups would be instrumental to analyse demand
and supply, and make provisions for distribution of forest products within and outside
groups and district.