Studies on the extent to which households are affected by earthquake and their varying degree of dependence on forest resources, particularly reliable and comprehensive ones, are very rare. This study assessed the types of shocks faced by the earthquake-hit households and the change in timber and firewood use patterns by them before and after the occurrence of devastating Gorkha earthquake-2015 in Nepal. The study used household level panel dataset (n = 99 in 2008 and 2018) collected using a modified version of household survey questionnaire developed by Centre for International Forest Research (CIFOR) for studying the poverty-environment network. Separate random effect models are employed to identify the factors that influence the collection of firewood and timber by theearthquake shock exposed households. The results reveal that the households exposed to earthquake lost significant number of livestock and labor, land and other assets. Regression results show that there was a positive and significant association between firewood collection and the households exposed to earthquake, and there was a negative and significant association with migration. Similarly, there was significant increase in timber wood collection but the magnitude of increment was very small. The access control for timber collection, limited assets holding and other access constraints limited their resilience through timber collection. The study highlights the importance of targeted intervention that helps not only to provide access to land and livestock to the affected communities but opens other income-generating options to improve their wellbeing and to invest in human capitals for enhancing their resilience.

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地震是否改变了依赖森林的家庭的木材和薪柴使用模式？来自尼泊尔农村丘陵的证据

关于家庭受地震影响的程度及其对森林资源的不同程度依赖的研究，特别是可靠和全面的资源，非常罕见。本研究评估了受地震影响的家庭所面临的冲击类型以及他们在 2015 年尼泊尔廓尔喀地震发生前后木材和木柴使用模式的变化。该研究使用了家庭层面面板数据集（2008 年和 2018 年 n = 99），该数据集是通过国际森林研究中心 (CIFOR) 开发的家庭调查问卷的修改版本收集的，用于研究贫困 - 环境网络。采用单独的随机效应模型来识别影响受地震影响的家庭收集木柴的因素。结果表明，受地震影响的家庭损失了大量牲畜和劳动力、土地和其他资产。回归结果表明，柴火收集与地震家庭之间存在显着正相关，与迁移存在负相关。同样，木材木材收集量也有显着增加，但增加的幅度很小。木材收集的访问控制、有限的资产持有和其他访问限制限制了他们通过木材收集的弹性。