Hills vs terai
HILLS: Old, stable settlement
TERAI: Scattered settlement, more scope for farming
HILLS: Population is homogeneous
TERAI: Heterogeneous population, ethnic diversity
HILLS: Indigenous management practices
TERAI: Limited indigenous practices
HILLS: Widespread access to forests
TERAI: Greatly variable access to forests
HILLS: Farming systems dependent on
TERAI: Farming systems less dependent forests on forests
HILLS: Commercial value of forests
TERAI: Many market opportunities for yet to be realised timber products, hence commercially-valuable trees are cultivated
HILLS: Users' groups can be easily
TERAI: Not easy to identify users' groups identified because of a heterogenous social set-up
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