Joint Forest Management and Forest Protection Committees: Negotiation Systems and the Design of Incentives - A Case Study of West Bengal

Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) are an important source for livelihoods for a significant portion of rural populations all over the world. The present study explores the dependence of rural households on forests managed under Joint Forest Management (JFM) in the state of West Bengal in India. Using primary data collected from 300 households from 57 Forest Protection Committees (FPCs) in the dryland areas of two districts of West Bengal in India, authors compare households' income levels across regions and investigate disparities between income groups, with particular emphasis on income from NTFPs. The study reveals that households in forest-fringe areas are highly dependent on forests in maintaining their livelihoods. The results show that dependency of household on NTFPs varies across the regions as well as income groups. Authors also find that dependency of households on NTFPs depend significantly on the factors like number of forest goers, possession of assets, level of education, location and occupational diversification of the households.

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Defining Deforestation Patterns Using Satellite Images from 2000 and 2017: Assessment of Forest Management in Miombo Forests—A Case Study of Huambo Province in Angola

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11010098 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 98 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Vasco Chiteculo ◽

Azadeh Abdollahnejad ◽

Dimitrios Panagiotidis ◽

Peter Surový ◽

Ram Sharma

Keyword(s):

Forest Management ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Bare Soil ◽

Vegetation Types ◽

Forest Protection ◽

Management Zones ◽

Management Zone ◽

The Impact

A few studies have recently been published on changes in land use/land cover (LU/LC) of Angolan Miombo forests, however, none have attempted to offer forest management solutions for degraded Miombo forests. Landscapes are witness to past and present natural and social processes influencing the environment, where each period in the past leaves footprints on the landscape’s development, which can be described by a continual decrease in forest area over time. The expansion of degraded areas from 2000 to 20017 began near urban areas where many Miombo forests have been eliminated or highly degraded, particularly in the southwest and northeast of the Huambo province. Large areas of degraded forests were observed along the Benguela railway (Caminho de ferro de Benguela). Our detailed analysis of the landcover map suggests that the impact has been devastating and there is no form of forest protection, which leads to unregulated exploitation. Descriptions of the Miombo forest dynamics are explained using height–diameter curves developed for different vegetation types that provide important insights about forest structures in the management zones. The height–diameter models differed for all vegetation types, and four management zones (MZ) were created based on a set of particular attributes. The vegetation types differed in each management zone, which included agricultural land and bare soil (MZ–E), grassland or savanna (MZ–C), open Miombo forests (MZ–B), and closed Miombo forests (Miombo forests). The four management zones were easily identified on the available maps and the height–diameter models developed represent a fundamental tool for future studies on forest planning.

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Joint forest management: A study of West Bengal in India

Proceedings of International Forestry and Environment Symposium ◽

10.31357/fesympo.v16i0.63 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 16 (0) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

T. K. Mondal

Keyword(s):

Forest Management ◽

West Bengal ◽

Joint Forest Management

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Focusing on Forest Administration Systems in Analyzing Joint Forest Management: A Case Study of PHBM in Java, Indonesia

KnE Social Sciences ◽

10.18502/kss.v3i23.5146 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Masahiko Ota

Keyword(s):

Forest Management ◽

Organizational Structures ◽

Participatory Approach ◽

The State ◽

Benefit Sharing ◽

Joint Forest Management ◽

Management Mechanism ◽

Elite Capture ◽

Village Level

The present study analyzes PHBM (Pengelolaan Sumberdaya Hutan Bersama Masyarakat), a joint forest management mechanism implemented by the State Forest Corporation (SFC) and village-level committees (LMDHs) in Java, Indonesia, in terms of forest administration systems. SFC had maintained conventional organizational structures and staffing systems, and frontline foresters mostly focused on their conventional tasks, including patrolling and policing, and were not structurally functioning as the interface of or facilitators for PHBM. SFC appears to have separated existing forestry operations and PHBM matters. As a result, PHBM matters such as the use of benefit sharing inside villages were simply entrusted to executive members of LMDHs with room for elite capture. A whole-organizational approach, in which general frontline foresters’ tasks are more integrated into participatory approach, would be recommended.

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