There is an increasing interest in community-based forest management as a potential approch for improving forest governance. India is among the few countries in the world where such an approach - called Joint Forest Management (JFM)-has not only been successfully introduced but also achieved large-scale implementation, covering 18% of all state forests.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/improving-forest-governance-experience-joint-forest-management-india
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sushil-saigal
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/social-change
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/joint-forest-management-jfm
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-management
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-policy
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/benefit-sharing
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cse
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests