Joint forest management in India: a sapling with feeble roots?

Although a fifth of India is covered by forest (a livelihood source for 200 million people), almost half is patchy or degraded. Joint Forest Management (JFM) may be good for forests but is it good for people? Can India regenerate forests and meet the subsistence requirements of forest residents? How can tussles between foresters, industrialists, conservationists and social activists be resolved?

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