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banko-2165	Bhandari, AR; Uibrig, H	Who is benefiting more from common property forest resources: poor or less poor?	2009	6	.pdf	application/pdf	3528	198	60	Corrected Bankojanakari Vol 18-1.pmd 42 Banko Janakari, Vol. 18, No. 1 Who is benefiting more from common property forest resources: poor or less poor? A.R. Bhandari1, and H. Uibrig2, This paper intends to assess the distribution of community forestry benefits among economic groups of the users comparing protected area buffer zone with the Department of Forests regime in Nepal. Community forestry benefits and costs of households Average Annual Costs and Benefits of Household in US$* Group of Households Better Off Middle Class Poor Total Average Total 131.2 18.5 5.5 35.5 Benefit Net 79.3 11.6 0.2 20.8 Product/Operating 41.4 4.1 2.7 10.5 Transaction 10.4 2.8 2.6 4.2 Cost Total 51.9 6.9 5.3 14.7 K al ik a F U G (B u ff er Z o n e) Benefit-Cost Ratio 2.53 2.69 1.04 2.19 Total 486.4 175.8 24.3 183.3 Benefit Net 343.4 126.7 11.6 129.7 Product/Operating 133.2 43.7 9.2 48.0 Transaction 9.8 5.4 3.6 5.6 Cost Total 143.1 49.1 12.7 53.6 C h o u ta ri F U G (D o F R eg im e) Benefit-Cost Ratio 3.40 3.58 1.91 3.16 *1US$=RS 73 in 2006 44 Banko Janakari, Vol. 18, No. 1 Community forestry costs Average total costs of a household of Kalika FUG and Choutari FUG with regard to community forestry is US$ 14.7 and US$ 53.6 per year respectively.	cache/banko-2165.pdf	txt/banko-2165.txt