Institutional Dimensions and Changing Role of Forest Management Governance in Dehradun Valley

Conference paper
Part of the Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences book series (AGES)

Abstract

Forests are under intense pressure and the country faces significant timber and fuelwood deficits. There was an intense debate throughout the 1980s as to who could most effectively manage forest resources. Forest are important for rural livelihood. There arises conflict between government institutions and local people who are dependent on these forest resources. The Forest Policy envisages a process of joint management of forests by the state governments and the local people, which would share both the responsibility for managing the resource and the benefits that accrue from this management. But at implementation level village communities have not been involved in forest management because in the valley forests are under Reserved Forest category. Over the past several years the focus in forestry has shifted towards the planning and conservation. Current forest management systems need significant strengthening to monitor forest and community. The study analyses the factors leading to success and failure of the JFM targeting perceptions and operational difficulties faced by forest managers.

Keywords

Forest depletion Social forestry Forest policy NTFPs Forest Protection Committees Joint Forest Management Committee 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of Geography, Miranda HouseUniversity of DelhiDelhiIndia
  2. 2.Department of Geography, Delhi School of EconomicsUniversity of DelhiDelhiIndia
  3. 3.Faculty of Foreign StudiesSetsunan UniversityOsakaJapan

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