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Wealth of forests withheld [1]

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Forest departments across the country owe millions of rupees to communities. For 20 years communities toiled under the Joint Forest Management programme in the hope of getting shares in revenue from timber and bamboo sales. As forests mature for harvesting, forest departments apply mathematical tricks to bring down monetary share to almost nothing; a few states do away with giving cash to communities. Disillusioned, people are now abandoning the programme. One school of experts questions carrying on with the programme of joint management when Acts giving communities legal rights to manage forests on their own have come into existence.

Publication Date: 
15/09/2011
Sayantan Bera [2], Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava [3], Aparna Pallavi & et al [4]
Down to Earth [5]
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Andhra Pradesh [6], Benefit Sharing [7], Forest Conservation [8], Forest Policy [9], Forest Resources [10], Forest Rights Act 2006 [11], Forests [12], Gujarat [13], India [14], Joint Forest Management (JFM) [15], Madhya Pradesh [16], Maharashtra [17], Minor Forest Produce [18], West Bengal [19]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sayantan-bera
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/kumar-sambhav-shrivastava
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/aparna-pallavi-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/down-earth
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/benefit-sharing
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-conservation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-policy
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-resources
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-rights-act-2006
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gujarat
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/joint-forest-management-jfm
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/madhya-pradesh
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/minor-forest-produce
[19] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/west-bengal