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  Lessons learnt from new initiatives in forest management for bio-diversity enrichment, poverty reduction and sustainable livelihoods: case studies from India, China, Nepal and Laos

  Eldis Document Store, 2005

  This paper draws lessons from indigenous perspectives of forest communities in India, China and Nepal which are involved in relatively new initiatives in local forest management for over-arching goals such as enrichment of bio-diversity, poverty reduction and sustainable livelihoods.
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  In search of excellence: exemplary forest management in Asia and the Pacific

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005

  This publication reflects the outcome of an initiative to identify instances of exemplary forest management in the region and examine the core components of high quality forest management in an effort to illustrate good forest management to a wide audience and encourage others to take up some of the most promising ideas, methods and approaches.
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  Indigenous control and sustainability of common resources in the hills of North East India

  Gauhati University, Assam, India, 2005

  The Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India, enacted fifty years ago, allows autonomy to tribal communities in administrative, legislative and financial matters and was supposed to protect them from domination and exploitation by external forces.
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  Local institutions and rehabilitation of common lands in the Aravalli hills, Haryana

  Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2003

  Legislation was passed in India in 1992 imparting constitutional status on Panchayati Raj (village-level local government) institutions.
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  At the crossroads: participatory forest management in Karnataka

  Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Environment and Development, Bangalore, 2003

  This article attempts to assess whether the promises of the Joint Forest Planning and Management (JFPM) programme initiated in the Indian state of Karnataka in 1993 have materialised in terms of villagers managing their common lands sustainably, equitably and autonomously.
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  Operational model of adaptive co-management of Indian forests based on criteria and indicators

  Indian Institute of Forest Management, 2003

  This paper describes a system called "adaptive management" and its role in the implementation of Joint Forest Management (JFM) programmes in India. People living in and near to forests in India are very dependent on the forests for food, fuel, fodder, medicines and other necessities.
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  Social forestry in south Asia: myths and realities

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2003

  The present study draws on research and field experience in social forestry in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka since the mid 90s. It focuses on some of the major issues in relation to popular thinking about the theory of social forestry development in South Asia, including deforestation, community participation and appropriate forest policy.
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  Mangroves: local livelihoods vs. corporate profits

  World Rainforest Movement, 2003

  This book gathers a selection of articles published in the monthly electronic bulletin of the World Rainforest Movement (WRM), addressing the issue of the processes leading to the destruction of mangrove forests and the struggles developed at the local and global levels to protect and use these forests in a socially equitable and environmentally adequate manner.The articles give an overview of
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  Living on the precipice: what future for mountain societies?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  2002 may have been designated International Year of Mountains, but is enough being done to conserve the mountain habitats which are home to 1 in 10 people and contain half the world’s biodiversity? Are mountain residents being consulted as plans are developed to check the threats posed by deforestation, mining, tourism, hydropower, environmental warming, conflict and natural disasters?
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  Devolution as a threat to democratic decision-making in forestry?: findings from three states in India

  Overseas Development Institute, 2003

  This paper looks at two interfacing trends shaping devolution of forest management in India: appropriation of space for forest management by diverse self-initiated community formations; and state-driven devolution where government policies define the scope of local authority in forest management.

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