Joint Forest Management in India (2 Vols-Set)

Contents: Vol. I. Foreword. Preface. I. Theme : Policy, legal issues and property right regimes in JFM and its challenges: 1. JFM at crossroad : future strategy and action programme for institutionalizing community forestry/P. Bhattacharya, K.N. Krishna Kumar, Ram Prasad, K.C. Malhotra, D. Debnath, G. Yadav, B.K. Prasad, S. Roy, Lolita Pradhan and Anshu Singh. 2. Exploring options for Joint Forest Management in India/K.D. Singh and Bhaskar Sinha. 3. Models of community forestry/Ajit Banerjee. 4. Evolution of good governance through forest policy reforms in India/A.K. Mukerji. 5. Impact of government policies and programs on community participation in forest governance in India-an overview/V.K. Mishra. 6. Media (print) salience and perception in relation to JFM issues with special reference to Harda/K.N. Krishna Kumar and Preeti Shrivastava. 7. Right based advocacy needs for grassroots involvement in JFM/Mukund Gorakshkar. 8. Nesting institutions: Joint Forest Management and Panchayati Raj/Smrithi Talwar. 9. Holistic approach for Sustainable Forest Management involving communities: developing C&I framework of South Seoni Forest Division (Madhya Pradesh)/P.C. Kotwal, D. Dugaya and M.D. Omprakash. 10. Policy, legal issues and property rights in JFM/D.P.S. Verma. 11. Joint Forest Management: the challenges ahead/P.K. Biswas. II. Theme : Livelihood opportunities for sustaining JFM: 12. Improving livelihood of tribals by tree farming through Jhum cultivation in the State of Nagaland/S.P. Tripathi. 13. NTFP based micro-enterprise development - experience of differential trickle-down over social layers of participant communities/R.N. Chattopadhyay. 14. Collaborations in NTFP based livelihood enhancement - the example of Adda Leaf (Bauhinia Vahlii) in Andhra Pradesh/D. Suryakumari, G. Solomon Raj and V. Balaraj Gupta. 15. Promoting livelihood opportunities for women through SHG formation : SEWA's initiatives/Sewa Team. 16. Small plants but big hopes for sustained community action: a case study from Mayurbhanj, Orissa/Sanjeev Padhi. 17. NTFP value addition and management: the key to sustainability of the JFM/Biswajit Padhi. 18. Beyond the paradox of prophesy and practice in Joint Forest Management: arguments for monitoring the impact of JFM on livelihoods in India/Brian Belcher. 19. Community forestry and livelihood in Makawanpur District, Nepal/Ripu M. Kunwar and Prodyut Bhattacharya. III. Theme : Ecological Ramifications of JFM and innovations in silvicultural aspects: 20. Participatory silviculture in JFM and its challenges/S. Palit. 21. Ecological and economic impact of JFM programme in Uttarakhand : quick appraisal of a few villages in Kumaun Hills/G.C.S. Negi. 22. Joint Forest Management in India: compulsions and needs/Jugal B. Lal. 23. Participatory eco-restoration of degraded lateritic soil of Southwest Bengal: a case study/S.K. Maiti, M.S. Hazra and T.K. Mishra. 24. Changes in forest regeneration, productivity and biodiversity in JFM Areas of Andhra Pradesh/Kameshwar Rao. 25. Management of sal forests under JFM--a case study of Bela Village Forest Committee in Korba District of Chhattisgarh/O.P. Chaybey and P.K. Shukla. 26. Factors influencing implementation of agroforestry in JFM areas/Anshu Singh. 27. Watershed management and its socio-economic impact in forest areas of Garhwal Himalayas/Hishmi Jamil Husain and B.K.P. Sinha. 28. Scope of involving Joint Forest Management Committees in core forestry activities/P.K. Shukla and S,.P. Singh.

Vol. II. IV. Theme : Institutional innovation issues in JFM and their implementation: 29. Institutional sustainability of JFM programme in India/S.B. Roy and Sarvashish Roy. 30. The sustainability of village institutions under JFM : some issues emerging from the case studies of the NGO experiences from Gujarat, India/C.P. Geevan and Satyasiba Bedamatta. 31. Joint Forest Management over a decade and beyond in Madhya Pradesh - a case study on livelihood interventions and assessment of attitudes in Harda Division/Debashish Debnath. 32. Institutional issues in community forestry under self-initiated forest protection systems in India/Bhaskar Mittra and Prodyut Bhattacharya. 33. Moving beyond the present JFM framework : need to recognize the plurality of institutions and community rights for making state community collaboration sustainable/Madhu Sarin. 34. Gender role in Joint Forest Management Programme in India/Raktima Mukherjee and S.B. Roy. 35. Institution for implementation of JFM in Uttaranchal : Van Panchayat/Rajendra Singh Bisht and Pushkin Phartiyal. 36. FDA's (Forest Development Agencies) organizational functioning and its influence on NAP (National Afforestation Programme) implementation/S. Roy, Prodyut Bhattacharya and S.B. Roy. 37. The Land Ownership and Entitlement Project/Vivek Vyas and Suresh K. Sharma. 38. Community based forest management in Orissa/Manoj Pattanaik. V. Theme : Emerging opportunities for diversifying JFM: 39. Decentralization and governance in forest management : an assessment of community forest management in Andhra Pradesh/V. Ratna Reddy, M. Gopinath Reddy, V.M. Ravi Kumar and M. Srinivasa Reddy. 40. Good in intention, bad in practice Forest Development Agency: nesting of JFM Committees/Rucha Ghate and Deepshikha Mehra. 41. Conflicts between local communities and transhumance for grazing access in the Botha-Chichphata forests/Vinay K. Sinha. 42. Traditional knowledge system of land use practices of Dimasa tribes of North Cachar Hills District of Assam, India/Jayanta Kumar Sarma and Prodyut Bhattacharya. 43. Forest and tree planting through community efforts mobilization : a new direction for future strategy and action program/M.L. Dewan, K.D. Singh, A.P. Dikshit and Manoj Pande. 44. Emerging opportunities for diversifying JFM through linking Watershed Programme in Madhya Pradesh/Ritu Bhardwaj and P. Bhattacharya. VI. Theme : State presentation on status of JFM: 45. Livelihood opportunities for sustaining JFM with special reference to Chhattisgarh/R.N. Mishra. 46. Progress of Joint Forest Management in Maharashtra State/Mohan Jha. 47. Implementation of Joint Forest Management Programme in Orissa/B.P. Singh. 48. Joint Forest Management : Tamil Nadu experience/S. Balaji. 49. Community forestry in Sikkim Himalayas : a case study/Harshavardhan Deshmukh and Prodyut Bhattacharya. Recommendations of 3 day national workshop on JFM at crossroads. Author index.

"Forestry represents the second-largest land use in India after agriculture, covering almost 641,130 square kilo meters, about 22 percent of the total land area (FAO 2005). Forests provide a wide range of products environmental services and ecological benefits. About 275 million poor rural people in India depend on forests for at least part of their subsistence and cash livelihoods, which they earn from fuelwood, fodder, poles, and other non timber forest products, such as fruits, flowers and medicinal plants. Seventy percent of India's rural population depends on fuelwood to meet their domestic energy needs. Half of India's 89 million tribal people, the most disadvantaged section of society, live in forest fringe areas, and a significant percentage of India's 471 million livestock are sustained by forest grazing or on fodder collected from forests.

Forest is one of the most important resources for the very survival of human beings, especially those who are living in and around the forest. However, one of the major reasons for its depletion is unsustainable exploitation often by the same very people whose survival depends on the forests. National Forest Policy 1988 envisaged the concept of people's participation for sustainable management of the natural resources, which became the essence of Joint Forest Management (JFM) in India. This concept originated in our country and spread over all the developing countries as it is in favour of rural masses, poor tribal populations and environmental improvement.

In last years, JFM has showed a multifaceted dimension in different parts of the country. Being a site specific activity, its impact on forest conservation not only depends upon the type of forest, terrain, soil, climatic factors but also on the socio-economic profile and the cultural trends prevalent in the society.

The book has attempted to give an overall picture of Joint Forest Management in India. It has dealt with several facets of JFM from policy to commissioning and brings about the success stories s well as the problems faced in the implementation of the program in different areas with or without eternal funding supports in project mode in various states. There are 49 papers relating to several issues of JFM and have been grouped six themes.

The book provides all relevant and latest information about participatory forestry in India and would be useful for forest scientists, policy makers, forest officers, planners, researchers and the students of forest and environmental management." (jacket)