Joint forest management (JFM) in India is an initiative where people's participation in forest management and resource utilization has been undertaken for last 3 decades. The policy frameworks laid in the late 1980s and the follow ups in policy matters were aimed at paving way for a mutual...

The protection and management of forest resources have always been engulfed in the Indian heritage since ages along with the contribution of the ecosystem and its services. India is not only famous for its diverse wildlife and culture, but also for its dense and vast forest cover. Indian climate...

Sustainable forest management is the key to biodiversity conservation, flow of resources and climate change mitigation. We assessed the impact of various forest management regimes (FMRs): legal felling series [(reserve forest (RF), demarcated protected forest (DPF), un-demarcated protected forest...

An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of different seed treatment and potting media on germination percentage and associate parameters in Stereospermum suaveolens, a threatened dashmool species during May, 2019 at Silviculture Nursery of Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur...

Forest degradation is a critical issue around the globe particularly in developing countries like India which has diverse phytogeography and forest types. It is a complex issue, existing parameters are difficult to apply across different forest types and classes, due to lack of specific guidelines...

The discipline of Forest Inventory has developed a versatile toolbox of techniques and methods useful for national level assessments. Forest mensuration has always played an important role in the practice of forest management. Forest measurements and biometrics involves developing and testing...

With the formulation of Joint Forest Management Programme in India, the involvement of communities in forest management has been recognised as a sustainable way of forest resource management. Nevertheless, research conducted on the experiences of Joint Forest Management reveals that there are lots...

An investigation was carried out on Dendrocalamus strictus for immediate need of bamboo working in Dasuya Forest Division of Punjab. A total of 3,16,970 clumps were assessed. The study revealed that more than 50 percent of bamboo clumps in this division are dying due to heavy congestion (non...

With the focus on people's participation and rights-sharing, the joint forest management has become India's flagship plan to improve forest governance. The paper reviews the historical context of India's joint forest management regime, and analyzes its implementation experience in joint forest...

Understanding the nature of benefit outcomes from participatory natural resource management is crucial in gauging its performance. More so, comparative assessment offers best learning platform. The study sought to understand opportunities associated with collaborative forest management through the...