Joint forest management in India: Experiences of two decades

Prodyut Bhattacharya, Lolita Pradhan and Ganesh Yadav

Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 2010, vol. 54, issue 8, 469-480

Abstract: Joint Forest Management (JFM), embracing the philosophy of forest conservation and livelihood improvement through cooperation between state and civil society, has emerged over the past decades both as a specific paradigm of forest governance in India and as India's largest community forestry program. The JFM program, evolved during early 1970s covering a few forest villages as a model for reversing the trend of degraded forest ecosystem through the active protection by local villagers. The JFM program is implemented currently by 106,482 Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMC) and it covers 22 million ha of forests spread across 28 constituent states of India and union territories.

Keywords: Joint Forest Management; Participation; Micro plan; External assistance; Future strategy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2009.10.003

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