Contents: 1. Introduction/Arup K. Poddar. 2. Historical Background of the Making of Forest Laws in India/Sayak Chaudhury. 3. Acquisition of Land for Reserved Forests/ Saptak Sanyal and Ushashi Khan. 4. Protected Forests/Swayambhu Mukherjee. 5. Village Forests under the Indian Law/Debosmita Nandy. 6. State Monopoly and the Degradation of India’s Forests/Debosmita Nandy. 7. Problems in Conservation of Forests/Swayambhu Mukherjee. 8. Forest Offences/Swayambhu Mukherjee. 9. Afforestation Programmes of the Central and State Governments/Shubho Roay. 10. People’s Participation in Forest Management Across the Globe/Swayambhu Mukherjee. 11. Implementing the Concept of sustainable Development in Forestry and Agriculture in India/Arjya B. Majumdar. 12. Rural Banking and Rural Credit in India/ Swayambhu Mukherjee. 13. The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2008/Sukanya Bhaumik. Appendices. Index.

This book was written with a view to provide readers with a comprehensive guide to the jurisprudence of forest laws in India. An attempt has been made to analyse, discuss and document, within the two covers of the book, every socially relevant piece of legislation governing forests in India. Moreover, this book also deals with topics that are required to be taught in any course on Forest Laws. It follows the syllabus prescribed by the UGC. As a result, students of law should also find this book very helpful, more so because of the lack of books dealing with the same subject in this country.(jackets)