The document discusses the history and evolution of forest management in India, with a focus on Kerala. [1] It describes how forest management transitioned from decentralized local control to centralized government control under British rule. [2] Kerala then introduced a joint forest management (JFM) model in 1998 to involve local communities in sustainable forest management through institutions like VSS committees. [3] The JFM model in Kerala aims to balance conservation and meeting local needs through participatory decision making.
Joint forest management (JFM) involves village communities and state forest departments regenerating and conserving forests through contracts specifying shared authority, responsibilities, and benefits. Two early pilot experiments took place in the 1970s in West Bengal and Haryana. JFM projects now operate in Orissa, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, and Karnataka, providing employment and environmental benefits by increasing forest cover and biodiversity protection through community involvement.
Social forestry aims to achieve environmental benefits and rural development through afforestation on barren lands. It involves managing and developing forests to meet the basic needs of rural populations like fuel, fodder, and manure. The objectives of social forestry in India are to increase forest area, restore ecological balance, meet rural needs, ensure better land use, generate employment, and check pollution. The components of social forestry include farm forestry, extension forestry, rural forestry, community forestry, and agroforestry.
The document discusses Indian forests and forest policies. It provides details on:
1) What constitutes a forest, including trees, plants, animals, and the complex ecosystem they form.
2) Key features of Indian forests, such as large variety, low forest area, unequal distribution, and low productivity.
3) India's two national forest policies from 1952 and 1988, which aimed to increase forest cover, balance land use, and recognize tribal communities' relationship with forests.
Participatory Forest Management (PFM) is a strategy for sustainable forest management that encourages local communities living near forests to manage or co-manage forest resources. PFM aims to involve local stakeholders in decision making for forest management. In the 1980s, governments began decentralizing natural resource management to local institutions to reduce costs, more effectively protect resources and local livelihoods, and increase local responsiveness and efficiency through community participation and skills. PFM strategies include Community Based Forest Management, where villagers fully own and manage village lands, and Joint Forest Management, where government and communities collaboratively manage government forest reserves.
The Village Forest Committees (VFCs) were established after the 1988 National Forest Policy to empower local communities to protect and manage forests. VFCs, also known as forest protection committees, are composed of adult villagers and are responsible for preparing and implementing 10-year management plans to protect and develop degraded forest areas. They work closely with forest departments and play an important role in protecting forests from threats like encroachment, fires, illegal cutting, and poaching through activities outlined in a Memorandum of Understanding.
- Traditional forest management in India involved decentralized control by local communities until the 19th century when the British declared forests as government lands.
- In the late 20th century, unsustainable commercial exploitation led to massive deforestation, restricting forest resources for rural communities.
- Joint Forest Management (JFM) policies began in the 1980s and 1990s to involve local communities in forest protection and management, establishing institutions like Village Forest Committees.
- Kerala's JFM model includes different institutions for different forest areas, like Vanasamrakshana Samithis for reserved forests and Adivasi Vanasamrakshana Samithis for tribal forest areas.
Joint forest management (JFM) involves village communities and state forest departments regenerating and conserving forests through contracts specifying shared authority, responsibilities, and benefits. Two early pilot experiments took place in the 1970s in West Bengal and Haryana. JFM projects now operate in Orissa, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, and Karnataka, providing employment and environmental benefits by increasing forest cover and biodiversity protection through community involvement.
Social forestry aims to achieve environmental benefits and rural development through afforestation on barren lands. It involves managing and developing forests to meet the basic needs of rural populations like fuel, fodder, and manure. The objectives of social forestry in India are to increase forest area, restore ecological balance, meet rural needs, ensure better land use, generate employment, and check pollution. The components of social forestry include farm forestry, extension forestry, rural forestry, community forestry, and agroforestry.
The document discusses Indian forests and forest policies. It provides details on:
1) What constitutes a forest, including trees, plants, animals, and the complex ecosystem they form.
2) Key features of Indian forests, such as large variety, low forest area, unequal distribution, and low productivity.
3) India's two national forest policies from 1952 and 1988, which aimed to increase forest cover, balance land use, and recognize tribal communities' relationship with forests.
Participatory Forest Management (PFM) is a strategy for sustainable forest management that encourages local communities living near forests to manage or co-manage forest resources. PFM aims to involve local stakeholders in decision making for forest management. In the 1980s, governments began decentralizing natural resource management to local institutions to reduce costs, more effectively protect resources and local livelihoods, and increase local responsiveness and efficiency through community participation and skills. PFM strategies include Community Based Forest Management, where villagers fully own and manage village lands, and Joint Forest Management, where government and communities collaboratively manage government forest reserves.
The Village Forest Committees (VFCs) were established after the 1988 National Forest Policy to empower local communities to protect and manage forests. VFCs, also known as forest protection committees, are composed of adult villagers and are responsible for preparing and implementing 10-year management plans to protect and develop degraded forest areas. They work closely with forest departments and play an important role in protecting forests from threats like encroachment, fires, illegal cutting, and poaching through activities outlined in a Memorandum of Understanding.
- Traditional forest management in India involved decentralized control by local communities until the 19th century when the British declared forests as government lands.
- In the late 20th century, unsustainable commercial exploitation led to massive deforestation, restricting forest resources for rural communities.
- Joint Forest Management (JFM) policies began in the 1980s and 1990s to involve local communities in forest protection and management, establishing institutions like Village Forest Committees.
- Kerala's JFM model includes different institutions for different forest areas, like Vanasamrakshana Samithis for reserved forests and Adivasi Vanasamrakshana Samithis for tribal forest areas.
The document reviews various types of natural and anthropogenic forest disturbances, including fires, flooding, wind damage, insects, diseases, and human activities. It discusses the characteristics and impacts of different disturbance agents and recommends integrated pest management and minimizing harmful human disturbances. Control measures are proposed for fires, wild animals, birds, diseases, and pests.
Community-based forest management (CFM) involves inclusive participation of local communities in the sustainable management of forests. CFM is more informal and autonomous than joint forest management, with private ownership rather than state ownership. CFM aims to develop poor forest communities through generating income, employment, and sustainable management. It enhances the capacity of non-timber forest product stakeholders. CFM is community-driven, with communities making decisions and the state monitoring and providing guidance. CFM has been practiced in many villages across India, involving over 12,000-15,000 villages in northeast India and protecting 1-2 million hectares of forest land.
Community forestry. Where and why has devolution of forest rights contributed...IFPRI-PIM
Presentation for the webinar organized by the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (www.pim.cgiar.org) on August 29, 2017. Steven Lawry, Director of Equity, Gender and Tenure research program at Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) summarized findings of selected meta-analyses, presented case studies from Nepal, Guatemala, and Mexico, and previewed emerging research looking at the investment effects of community forestry models that feature strong elements of forest rights devolution.
Conservation of forest and wild life 2anujAnuj Singh
This document summarizes information about forestry and conservation efforts in India. It discusses key programs like Project Tiger which aims to protect tiger populations, and the Chipko movement where people hugged trees to prevent deforestation. It also outlines different classifications of forests and how communities have worked to conserve sacred forest areas. Wildlife conservation aims to protect endangered species and wild habitats for future generations.
The document summarizes the key developments in India's forest policy over time. It discusses the British colonial forest policies from the 19th century which focused on commercial exploitation. Subsequent Indian government policies emphasized increasing forest cover, conservation, and involving local communities in forest management. The latest 2018 draft national forest policy proposes increasing plantation forestry and industry involvement while reducing focus on community rights, facing criticism from environmental groups.
This document discusses various silvicultural systems and their characteristics. It begins with an introduction to silviculture and silvics, and defines silvicultural systems as methods for harvesting, regenerating, and tending forest crops.
The document then classifies silvicultural systems into two main types: high forest systems and coppice systems. High forest systems involve seedling regeneration through natural or artificial means, with long rotations. These are further divided into clear felling, shelterwood, and accessory systems.
Clear felling systems are described in detail, including variations in removal of the mature crop. Regeneration can be achieved naturally from seed stored on-site, seed brought from outside, or advanced growth retained on
This document discusses forest ecology, management, and conservation. Forest ecology is the scientific study of forest ecosystems, including biotic and abiotic components. Forest management involves sustainable practices like afforestation, reforestation, and preventing wildfires. Conservation aims to protect forests for future generations through activities such as afforestation, limiting tree cutting and overgrazing, controlling pests and erosion, reducing pollution, and enforcing laws protecting parks and reserves.
Joint Forest Management (JFM) is a partnership approach to forest management between local communities and state forest departments in India, with policies detailed in the 1988 National Forest Policy and 1990 JFM Guidelines. Under JFM, village forest committees and forest departments sign agreements where villagers protect forests in exchange for forest products and revenue sharing. JFM began accidentally in West Bengal in 1971 and has since expanded across India with varying implementations between states.
Natural resources include materials from the environment that are valuable to humans such as forests, water, and minerals. Humans use natural resources through either consumptive use, which reduces the available supply, or non-consumptive use, which does not. Overuse and mismanagement of natural resources can harm the environment through deforestation, water depletion, and depletion of mineral resources. Proper management of natural resources involves legislative protections, sustainable practices, and developing alternative resources.
Urban forestry and it’s importance tara prasad shiwakotisahl_2fast
This document provides an overview of urban forestry and its importance. It discusses the components of urban forestry including arboriculture, arbor ecology, arbor economics, arbor planning, and arbor sociology. The importance of urban forestry is outlined in terms of social, aesthetic, climatic, ecological, and economic benefits. Urban forestry developed in the 1960s in North America and 1990s in Europe. In Nepal, urban forestry is still primitive despite high urban growth rates, and faces challenges including a lack of appropriate planning, policies, funding, research, and coordination.
Forest management involves the administrative, economic, legal, and social aspects of managing forests, including techniques like timber extraction, replanting species, and preventing fires. Forest management is needed to avoid the extinction of thousands of species, heavy soil erosion, increased greenhouse effects, flooding, landslides, and degraded watersheds. Methods of forest management include afforestation, reforestation, sustainable forest management practices, and avoiding wildfires. The document concludes that one of the biggest challenges is ensuring the sustainability of forest resources going forward.
Importance of non wood forest based industry in indianParvati Tamrakar
non- wood forest products, economic importance, socioeconomic benefits, tribal community, production and trade of nwfp- national and international, recent economic patterns of nwfp, india's noteworthy produce
Potential threats to rangelands include overgrazing, invasive plants, human population growth, soil erosion, desertification, wildland fires exacerbated by climate change, complex land ownership issues, and a lack of institutional support. Overgrazing damages the land by exceeding the carrying capacity and allowing inferior plants to take over. Invasive plants outcompete native species and alter soil and fire regimes. Human population growth increases demands for food and fuel, resulting in conversion of rangelands and degradation through overexploitation of vegetation and soil erosion.
ROLE OF AGROFORESTRY IN MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGEGANDLA MANTHESH
This document discusses the role of agroforestry in mitigating climate change. It begins by defining climate change and its causes, then outlines some of the impacts on agriculture like reduced crop yields. It notes that deforestation and land use changes contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions. The document then discusses strategies for carbon sequestration, identifying agroforestry as a key approach. Various agroforestry models are presented, and a case study shows higher carbon storage in a silvopastoral system compared to natural grassland. The conclusion is that agroforestry can significantly help mitigate climate change by storing carbon while providing other benefits.
Silviculture involves manipulating forest composition and structure to meet management objectives such as wood production. It includes techniques like clearcutting, shelterwood systems, selection cuts, and planting. Silvicultural systems are designed based on whether stands are managed as even-aged or uneven-aged, and regeneration strategies. Effective silviculture requires understanding stand ecology and having sufficient inventory data and operational resources to implement treatments that will regenerate desirable tree species.
The document discusses nutrition in plantation forestry and changing concepts. It notes that in natural forests, nutrient cycles are in dynamic equilibrium, but plantations alter these cycles. Intensive site preparation can deplete nutrients through removal of vegetation and litter. Minimal disturbance and slash retention can reduce losses. The document then discusses India's plantation achievements and productivity issues. It notes nutrient deficiencies can be addressed through proper site-species matching and nutrient addition via manures and fertilizers.
Community forests in Nepal cover 25% of the country's forest land and are managed by over 14,000 local community forest user groups (CFUGs) representing 35% of Nepal's population. Under the 1993 Forest Act, national forests are handed over to CFUGs for protection, management, and sustainable use. Since 1978, community forestry has led to increased forest cover, social mobilization, income generation, and institutional development at the local level. However, challenges remain in ensuring disadvantaged groups' access, improving technical forest management, focusing on local needs, and supporting women and the poor through CFUG decision making. Overall, community forestry shows promise for sustainable forest management if democratic processes and people's participation are strengthened
The 1988 National Forest Policy aimed to ensure environmental stability and ecological balance by maintaining at least 1/3 of India's total land area under forest cover. It sought to meet the needs of local communities, conserve natural heritage, and increase forest productivity through afforestation programs. Key strategies included protecting existing forests, discouraging agricultural conversion and non-forestry land use, strengthening biodiversity conservation, and encouraging forest-based industries to source raw materials from outside forest areas. The policy emphasized forest extension, research, and improved personnel management to effectively implement its objectives.
Problem and prospects on collaborative forest management in nepalMohangajurel2
Collaborative forest management (CoFM) is a partnership approach to managing forests between local communities, local governments, and the central government forestry department. CoFM aims to sustainably manage forests to benefit the local and national economy through community involvement in conservation and utilization of forest resources. However, implementing CoFM over large areas with many stakeholders faces challenges, such as the time-consuming process for approval of operational plans and unequal benefit sharing. While CoFM has potential advantages if properly implemented, there is concern that it concentrates too much power with the government compared to community forestry.
By D. Dhanuraj
This study examines the concept of Vana Samrakshana Samiti (VSS) and its implementation through two case studies from Kerala. It explores the opportunities available to make VSS more potent and effective in the conservation of natural resource.
The document reviews various types of natural and anthropogenic forest disturbances, including fires, flooding, wind damage, insects, diseases, and human activities. It discusses the characteristics and impacts of different disturbance agents and recommends integrated pest management and minimizing harmful human disturbances. Control measures are proposed for fires, wild animals, birds, diseases, and pests.
Community-based forest management (CFM) involves inclusive participation of local communities in the sustainable management of forests. CFM is more informal and autonomous than joint forest management, with private ownership rather than state ownership. CFM aims to develop poor forest communities through generating income, employment, and sustainable management. It enhances the capacity of non-timber forest product stakeholders. CFM is community-driven, with communities making decisions and the state monitoring and providing guidance. CFM has been practiced in many villages across India, involving over 12,000-15,000 villages in northeast India and protecting 1-2 million hectares of forest land.
Community forestry. Where and why has devolution of forest rights contributed...IFPRI-PIM
Presentation for the webinar organized by the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (www.pim.cgiar.org) on August 29, 2017. Steven Lawry, Director of Equity, Gender and Tenure research program at Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) summarized findings of selected meta-analyses, presented case studies from Nepal, Guatemala, and Mexico, and previewed emerging research looking at the investment effects of community forestry models that feature strong elements of forest rights devolution.
Conservation of forest and wild life 2anujAnuj Singh
This document summarizes information about forestry and conservation efforts in India. It discusses key programs like Project Tiger which aims to protect tiger populations, and the Chipko movement where people hugged trees to prevent deforestation. It also outlines different classifications of forests and how communities have worked to conserve sacred forest areas. Wildlife conservation aims to protect endangered species and wild habitats for future generations.
The document summarizes the key developments in India's forest policy over time. It discusses the British colonial forest policies from the 19th century which focused on commercial exploitation. Subsequent Indian government policies emphasized increasing forest cover, conservation, and involving local communities in forest management. The latest 2018 draft national forest policy proposes increasing plantation forestry and industry involvement while reducing focus on community rights, facing criticism from environmental groups.
This document discusses various silvicultural systems and their characteristics. It begins with an introduction to silviculture and silvics, and defines silvicultural systems as methods for harvesting, regenerating, and tending forest crops.
The document then classifies silvicultural systems into two main types: high forest systems and coppice systems. High forest systems involve seedling regeneration through natural or artificial means, with long rotations. These are further divided into clear felling, shelterwood, and accessory systems.
Clear felling systems are described in detail, including variations in removal of the mature crop. Regeneration can be achieved naturally from seed stored on-site, seed brought from outside, or advanced growth retained on
This document discusses forest ecology, management, and conservation. Forest ecology is the scientific study of forest ecosystems, including biotic and abiotic components. Forest management involves sustainable practices like afforestation, reforestation, and preventing wildfires. Conservation aims to protect forests for future generations through activities such as afforestation, limiting tree cutting and overgrazing, controlling pests and erosion, reducing pollution, and enforcing laws protecting parks and reserves.
Joint Forest Management (JFM) is a partnership approach to forest management between local communities and state forest departments in India, with policies detailed in the 1988 National Forest Policy and 1990 JFM Guidelines. Under JFM, village forest committees and forest departments sign agreements where villagers protect forests in exchange for forest products and revenue sharing. JFM began accidentally in West Bengal in 1971 and has since expanded across India with varying implementations between states.
Natural resources include materials from the environment that are valuable to humans such as forests, water, and minerals. Humans use natural resources through either consumptive use, which reduces the available supply, or non-consumptive use, which does not. Overuse and mismanagement of natural resources can harm the environment through deforestation, water depletion, and depletion of mineral resources. Proper management of natural resources involves legislative protections, sustainable practices, and developing alternative resources.
Urban forestry and it’s importance tara prasad shiwakotisahl_2fast
This document provides an overview of urban forestry and its importance. It discusses the components of urban forestry including arboriculture, arbor ecology, arbor economics, arbor planning, and arbor sociology. The importance of urban forestry is outlined in terms of social, aesthetic, climatic, ecological, and economic benefits. Urban forestry developed in the 1960s in North America and 1990s in Europe. In Nepal, urban forestry is still primitive despite high urban growth rates, and faces challenges including a lack of appropriate planning, policies, funding, research, and coordination.
Forest management involves the administrative, economic, legal, and social aspects of managing forests, including techniques like timber extraction, replanting species, and preventing fires. Forest management is needed to avoid the extinction of thousands of species, heavy soil erosion, increased greenhouse effects, flooding, landslides, and degraded watersheds. Methods of forest management include afforestation, reforestation, sustainable forest management practices, and avoiding wildfires. The document concludes that one of the biggest challenges is ensuring the sustainability of forest resources going forward.
Importance of non wood forest based industry in indianParvati Tamrakar
non- wood forest products, economic importance, socioeconomic benefits, tribal community, production and trade of nwfp- national and international, recent economic patterns of nwfp, india's noteworthy produce
Potential threats to rangelands include overgrazing, invasive plants, human population growth, soil erosion, desertification, wildland fires exacerbated by climate change, complex land ownership issues, and a lack of institutional support. Overgrazing damages the land by exceeding the carrying capacity and allowing inferior plants to take over. Invasive plants outcompete native species and alter soil and fire regimes. Human population growth increases demands for food and fuel, resulting in conversion of rangelands and degradation through overexploitation of vegetation and soil erosion.
ROLE OF AGROFORESTRY IN MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGEGANDLA MANTHESH
This document discusses the role of agroforestry in mitigating climate change. It begins by defining climate change and its causes, then outlines some of the impacts on agriculture like reduced crop yields. It notes that deforestation and land use changes contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions. The document then discusses strategies for carbon sequestration, identifying agroforestry as a key approach. Various agroforestry models are presented, and a case study shows higher carbon storage in a silvopastoral system compared to natural grassland. The conclusion is that agroforestry can significantly help mitigate climate change by storing carbon while providing other benefits.
Silviculture involves manipulating forest composition and structure to meet management objectives such as wood production. It includes techniques like clearcutting, shelterwood systems, selection cuts, and planting. Silvicultural systems are designed based on whether stands are managed as even-aged or uneven-aged, and regeneration strategies. Effective silviculture requires understanding stand ecology and having sufficient inventory data and operational resources to implement treatments that will regenerate desirable tree species.
The document discusses nutrition in plantation forestry and changing concepts. It notes that in natural forests, nutrient cycles are in dynamic equilibrium, but plantations alter these cycles. Intensive site preparation can deplete nutrients through removal of vegetation and litter. Minimal disturbance and slash retention can reduce losses. The document then discusses India's plantation achievements and productivity issues. It notes nutrient deficiencies can be addressed through proper site-species matching and nutrient addition via manures and fertilizers.
Community forests in Nepal cover 25% of the country's forest land and are managed by over 14,000 local community forest user groups (CFUGs) representing 35% of Nepal's population. Under the 1993 Forest Act, national forests are handed over to CFUGs for protection, management, and sustainable use. Since 1978, community forestry has led to increased forest cover, social mobilization, income generation, and institutional development at the local level. However, challenges remain in ensuring disadvantaged groups' access, improving technical forest management, focusing on local needs, and supporting women and the poor through CFUG decision making. Overall, community forestry shows promise for sustainable forest management if democratic processes and people's participation are strengthened
The 1988 National Forest Policy aimed to ensure environmental stability and ecological balance by maintaining at least 1/3 of India's total land area under forest cover. It sought to meet the needs of local communities, conserve natural heritage, and increase forest productivity through afforestation programs. Key strategies included protecting existing forests, discouraging agricultural conversion and non-forestry land use, strengthening biodiversity conservation, and encouraging forest-based industries to source raw materials from outside forest areas. The policy emphasized forest extension, research, and improved personnel management to effectively implement its objectives.
Problem and prospects on collaborative forest management in nepalMohangajurel2
Collaborative forest management (CoFM) is a partnership approach to managing forests between local communities, local governments, and the central government forestry department. CoFM aims to sustainably manage forests to benefit the local and national economy through community involvement in conservation and utilization of forest resources. However, implementing CoFM over large areas with many stakeholders faces challenges, such as the time-consuming process for approval of operational plans and unequal benefit sharing. While CoFM has potential advantages if properly implemented, there is concern that it concentrates too much power with the government compared to community forestry.
By D. Dhanuraj
This study examines the concept of Vana Samrakshana Samiti (VSS) and its implementation through two case studies from Kerala. It explores the opportunities available to make VSS more potent and effective in the conservation of natural resource.
Co-Management of forest resources in MalawiFMNR Hub
Co-management of forest resources in Malawi aims to reduce deforestation and poverty by giving local communities decision-making power over surrounding forests. A 2003 program established co-management partnerships in reserves like Zomba-Malosa to sustainably manage forests for subsistence needs. Impacts included improved livelihoods through natural resource access and management training. However, challenges include elite capture of benefits, unclear revenue sharing, and lack of participation from all community members and stakeholders. Continued support of co-management initiatives is needed alongside improved monitoring, transparency, and broader awareness and involvement.
1) A study examined the impact of different property rights regimes on forest access, condition, and economic outcomes in Haryana, India.
2) It found that forests under community forestry programs and communal tenure saw improved conditions compared to open access regimes.
3) A benefit-cost analysis of management scenarios found that regimes promoting community access to some resources and responsibility for conservation were most economically viable.
26 1400 3_ntfp-ep_regional customary tenure & cso forummrlgregion
This document discusses increasing customary and collective forest tenure in the Mekong region through a regional policy framework. It begins by defining forest tenure and customary rights. It then describes a regional workstream led by participating organizations to strengthen customary tenure rights through national alliances in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam. The objectives are to develop a common understanding of customary forest tenure, address contradictions in policies, and develop guidelines for customary forest tenure principles, processes, roles and responsibilities. A regional framework could complement bright spots in national policies, slow deforestation, and strengthen forest governance and indigenous participation.
REDD+ Benefit Sharing Mechanism (BSM): Lessons from Community Forestry (CF) i...CIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation by Naya Sharma Paudel & Ani Adiwinata Nawir given during the Forests Asia Summit in the discussion forum "Equitable development: What is the fairest of them all? Assessing aspects of equity in incentive mechanisms for natural resource conservation and management" focuses on why CF can provide some lessons for REDD+, the importance of community forestry in Nepal and CF as an unique tenure arrangement.
Ebaa Atyi Community Forest Management in Central Africa 020424.pdfVerina Ingram
Community forests management in central Africa, progress and challenges - Richard Ebba Atyi, CIFOR-IRCAF
Community forestry enterprises in the Congo Basin
Seminar
Chaired by Verina Ingram & Serge Piabou (Wagenignen UR)
10.00 -13.00 2 April 2024
NCountR Room, Impulse, Wageningen CMAPUS & online
doctoral Defense Serge Piabuo
“Community Forest Enterprises (CFEs) as successful social enterprises: Empirical Evidence from Cameroon”
16.00 – 17.30 2 April 2024
Omnia Auditorium, Wageningen campus & online
Link to recording
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26 0930 3_cegorn_customary tenure recognition in vietnammrlgregion
This document discusses community-based forest management in Vietnam. It notes that over 1.26 million hectares of forestland is managed by community forest groups. The forestry law of 2017 recognized customary forest practices and prioritized forest allocation to ethnic minority communities. However, challenges remain around the legal framework, local institutional capacity and flexibility, market access, and safeguards for vulnerable groups. Case studies show how cooperatives have helped communities market forest products and increase land tenure security. Moving forward, greater recognition of community tenure rights is needed alongside legal reforms and capacity building to strengthen community forest management.
Mangrove governance and tenure: Insights for policy and practice from selecte...CIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Esther Nyambura Mwangi, from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), at the XVI Biennial IASC Conference ‘Practicing the commons: self-governance, cooperation, and institutional change’, in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on July 14, 2017.
The Forest Rights Act of 2006 recognizes the rights of forest-dwelling communities in India to land and resources. It was enacted to address historical injustices done to tribal communities under previous colonial-era forest laws. The Act empowers tribal communities by giving them ownership rights over land they hold and continuing access to forest resources they depend on for livelihoods. It aims to strengthen conservation efforts while also improving livelihood security and self-governance of forest communities.
Forest Rights Act (2006)
The Forest Rights Act, India or the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act is also known by other names like the Tribal Rights Act or the Tribal Land Act.
It deals with the rights of the communities that dwell in the forests (including Scheduled Tribes), over land and other resources, which have been denied to them over the years because of the continuation of forest laws from the colonial era in the country.
The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 is a result of the protracted struggle by the marginal and tribal communities of our country to assert their rights over the forestland over which they were traditionally dependent.
The Forest Act, 2019 outlines the main components of Nepal's forest policy, including definitions of different types of forests, ownership structures, management approaches, and potential outcomes. Key points covered include:
- Definitions for community forests, collaborative forests, forest conservation areas, religious forests, and leasehold forests.
- Different management structures for government managed forests, private forests, and community-based forest management systems.
- Potential impacts on national income, forest product supply, biodiversity conservation, environmental services, and watershed protection.
- Questions around whether the act establishes a federal or decentralized system, and tensions that may exist between the federal government, provinces, and local governments over control of forest lands and resources
Comparing governance reforms to restore the forest commons in Nepal, China an...CIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Peter Cronkleton of the Center for International Forestry Research at the 16th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons July 14, 2017 in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Sustainable use of tropical rainforestsMark McGinley
This document discusses sustainable use of tropical rainforests and issues related to human population growth and its impacts. It provides examples of how some indigenous tribes have lived sustainably in rainforests for thousands of years through small-scale shifting agriculture, forest product collection, and hunting. However, increasing human populations are putting more pressure on forests for resources. Strategies discussed to help address this include providing financial incentives for sustainable forest use and conservation. Certification programs like the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) aim to promote responsible forest management.
Criticising Nepal's Highly Successful Community Forestry is a NO-NO in mainstream environmental discourse of Nepal but here my students are encouraged to critique even so called successful sustainable development programs such as community forestry in Nepal.
Leasehold forestry in Nepal over two decades of implementationPROCASUR Corporation
Learning Route on women’s empowerment, business development and sustainable natural resource management.
Scaling-up programmes for the rural poor in Nepal. 6 to 13 December, 2014. IFAD & PROCASUR.
More contents at: http://asia.procasur.org/portfolio_item/nepal-learning-route/
Presented by Albert Katako, Head of Programmes for CIVIC Response on Discussion Forum 9 at the Global Landscapes Forum Nairobi 2018, on 29-30 August in Nairobi, Kenya
The document discusses conservation efforts in the Western Ghats region of India, which contains high biodiversity. It describes the Western Ghats' ecology, protected areas that have been established, and ongoing threats such as industry, roads, agriculture, and tourism. Conservation schemes implemented by state governments are also summarized, such as the Western Ghats Development Program and Intensification of Forest Management.
1.0_OS Presentation on SDGs - FFPOs Workshop - Nakuru July 2022 (1) (1).pptxAlfredAsengi1
Here are some suggestions for how KFS could improve support to FFPOs:
- Provide more training opportunities in value addition and entrepreneurship to help FFPOs access higher value markets. This would help increase incomes.
- Work with relevant government agencies to streamline policies and regulations around marketing of forest products from farms. Reducing barriers here would support commercialization.
- Expand training programs to cover more communities. Reaching more smallholder farmers would help scale up impacts on livelihoods and forest cover.
- Strengthen support for collective marketing groups. Helping FFPOs aggregate and market products cooperatively could give them more power in negotiations.
- Explore public-private partnerships that link FFPOs
This policy brief was published by the Center for Social Forestry Mulawarman University with support by the Asia Foundation, and the UK Climate Change Unit with assistance from Epistema Institute.
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Joint Forest Management - Kerala
1. Joint Forest Management - With special
reference to Kerala.
Geo Basil Paul
Dept. of Forest Management & Utilization
College of Forestry
Kerala Agricultural University
2. Past System of management
• Till 19th century, local communities used the forest lands as common
hunting and food gathering ground
• Ownership of the forest land was either communal or vested with vague
forms of sovereign rights
• The forest management was highly decentralized among communities
single or groups of households usually controlled forests except in cases of
hunting or food gathering areas
• Traditional forest management systems in most part of the country ended
when the Britishers in the mid 19th century declared forest lands as Govt.
lands
3. Contd.
• Changing relationship
• commercial exploitation and popularization of monoculture led to massive
deforestation
• Majority of India’s rural population living in the forest rich regions are poor
• Sustainable management and proper utilization of forest resources held
great potential to alleviate their poverty
• Govt. ownership and restrictions on the collection and use of forest
products have rendered these resources inaccessible to village
communities
4. Present scenario
Decentralization and devolution are dominant themes in contemporary
discussion of forest policy and management
In 2004, world-wide 370million ha. of forests were being conserved by
indigenous communities, with almost half of that are approx. 170 million
ha. In Asia( molnar et al 2004)
India was a fore runner in developing policy for involving people’s
participation in forest management; Forest Policy of 1988
MoEF, Govt. of India issued guidelines for the involvement of village
communities under PFM called Joint Forest Management
5. Contd.
“The holders of customary rights and
concessions in forest areas should be motivated
to identify themselves with the protection and
development of forests from which they derive
benefits ”
- Forest Policy1988
6. Contd.
• Shifted the emphasis of Forest Management
• 90% of India’s forests of about 64mha under state ownership
• A variety of participatory model exists in the country
7. Conventional Approach Participatory/ Joint
‘Fences and Fines’
Government control and regulation (Partial) Transfer of rights &
responsibilities to local communities
Idea:
Problems with:
Sense of ownership leading to incentives
Monitoring & enforcement
for self-regulation & sustainable use
Social justice
Corruption
9. JFM
“The user and the owner manage the resource
and share the cost equally”
10. Contd.
• In India, failure of social forestry in meeting the objectives of easing
pressure on forests led to the formation of JFM
• Central government issued the first JFM guideline in ,1 June1990
• JFM cell and the JFM unit were created under MoEF
• In Kerala JFM was introduced in 1998 with a synonym of PFM(16-01-98)
• It has become mandatory as per the NFP to change the ‘bureaucratic FM’
system to ‘local need oriented management’
11. Contd.
• JFM in Kerala referred to as PFM
• VSS the organization of the forest dependent community
• Various forms of JFM institutions apart from VSS like AVSS, EDC, ULO and
HS are in operation by the state forest department at present
• TVSS (Theerasamrakshana vanasamrakshana samithy in collaboration with
fisheries dept.) and JFMC (JFMC of AHADS) are institutions where forest
dept. is involved in JFM
12. The PFM program in Kerala consists of three models: Fringe model, NTFP
model, separate model for Cardamom Hills Reserve
Difference between Fringe and NTFP models is- former involves
population outside forests while the latter is applied to the tribal minorities
still living inside the forests.
Fringe Area
Settlement of non tribal people
Reserved Forest
NTFP Model
Settlement of tribal people
The area managed by VSS
Fringe Model
Scheme of Fringe and NTFP model
14. Forest Development Agency (FDA)
Confederation of JFM committees and their representatives from general
body, 33 FDA’s
Chairman – Conservator of Forests
CEO – Divisional Forest Officer
15. Contd.
Objectives:
• To arrest and reverse the trend of forest degradation by making the
community responsible for monitoring removals from the forest
• To provide sustainable employment opportunities to the tribals and
other weaker sections of the population
• To create durable community assets which would contribute to
overall village development
• To involve the forest dependent community in the execution of the
program
• For the better implementation of various schemes of the MoEF
• To liaison with other Govt. Dept. and agencies to develop and
implement eco- friendly village development program
16. Vana samrakshana Samithi (VSS)
• Basic organisation instrumental for the implementation of JFM in territorial forest
division of Kerala
• These samithies are registered under charitable societies act and recognized by
the forest department
• The maximum area to be transferred to a VSS is 300 Ha. of reserved forests
• At present there are 277 VSS constituted throughout the Kerala
• Maximum number of households in a VSS is 365
• Membership fee – Rs 5/-
17. Contd.
• Each VSS is in charge of the core fund, credibility fund for office work, and
operational fund for activities
• Each VSS can sell NTFP from the allocated reserve forest or fine forest
offenders, and can add the revenue to the core fund
• As per the guidelines of the JFM program, at least 33% of the total
executive members of the VSS must be women
• Procedure for the development of a VSS
18.
19. Contd.
• The members of VSS are responsible for:
1. To work with forest dept. to prevent the forest
encroachment, forest fire, poaching etc.
2.implementatio of micro plan
3. Sensitize and educate people
4.Ensure protection of forest land outside the activity
area
20. Adivasi Vana Samrakshana Samithi (AVSS)
• AVSS are constituted entirely of forest
dependent tribal communities
• have the right to collect, process and
market NTFP in addition to the duties and
rights bestowed up on the Fringe VSS
• The most important distinction with
Fringe VSS is that the area allotted is
considerably larger covering all tracts
frequented for NTFP collection
• At present there are 63 AVSS constituted
in the state
21. Eco Development Committees (EDC)
• EDC is a JFM institution created in
protected areas of the state
• Major activities are eco tourism and
serving as guides for visitors apart from
the activities undertaken by the VSS and
AVSS
• Any forest dependent person can be a
member
• 193 EDC’s operating in the protected
areas of the state
22. Unit Level Organizations (ULO)
• Unit level organizations are basic JFM implementers in Cardamom Hill Reserve
Area (CHR)
• The cardamom tract in the High Ranges of Idukki District has a century old history in
cardamom cultivation
• The Cardamom rules 1935 prescribed the rights and privileges, the duties and
responsibilities of leaseholders towards cardamom cultivation and forest protection
• Over the years these rules have been violated and forest cover has extensively
degenerated
• At present there is complex tenure system existing , with land under revenue, trees with
forest Dept. and crops owned by farmers
• The cardamom farmers have formed ULO’s for checking deforestation and encouraging
afforestation, 33 ULO’s
23. Haritha Samithies (HS)
• Kerala Govt. started Participatory Habitat Management (PHM) to undertake
environmental protection and conservation outside forest areas through
people’s participation
• Designed for areas outside reserved / vested forests facing ecological
degradation
• Micro level organizations under PHM are:
– Grama Haritha Samithy : operating at village level
– Panchayat Haritha samithy : Operating at grama panchayath level
– Block Haritha Samithy : Operating at block panchayat level
– District co-ordination committee : Operating at district level
24. Haritha Theeram (Green Coast)
• ‘Haritha Theeram’ is a program aiming at
afforestation of coastal areas
• This program is operationalized through
TSVS
• These institutions are created along the
coastal line Kerala
• protection of natural ecosystem by
establishing a bio shield along the coast
• These institutions were created under the
Tsunami Rehabilitation program (TRH) of
Kerala Govt. as a joint program of forest
dept. and fisheries dept.
25. JFMC
• JFM organizations operating from the operational areas of
AHADS in Attappady
• Formed under the guidelines of Fringe VSS
• JFMC in AHADS is a sub group of User Associations formed on
a watershed basis by AHADS throughout the area
• All JFMC’s are registered as fringe VSS by AHADS
• 54 JFMC’s
26. Ooru Vikasana Samithi (OVS) (Hamlet Development Committee)
166 committees
13 members Executive committee(minimum- 6 Women)
These are exclusive tribal committees. Hamlet development committees are formed
in 166 out of 187 Hamlets of Attappady
Thaikula Sangam (TKS)
111 Groups
12 Members Executive Committee
These groups of tribal women have emerged as a result of their empowerment as a
social corrective force
27. Income Generation Activity Group (IGA)
219 Groups
Groups with 12 to 15 members
These groups are meant to take up sustainable income generation activities through
promotion of micro credit among members in the project area.
Association for Revitalization of Tribal Medicine in Attappady
(ARTMA)
AHADS has organized the leading tribal healers of Attappady to form this association
and provided them space to function
28. JFM Envisages Movement
From To
Centralized management Decentralized management
Production motives Sustainability
Large working plans Micro-plans
Unilateral decision making Participatory decision making
Controlling people Facilitating people
Department People’s institution
Achieving single, pre-set objective Fulfilling multiple, need based
objectives
Timber production Multiple products combined with bio-
diversity
Plantation as first option Low input management and
regeneration
29. Reference
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Maheshwar, D; Masuda, M and Mishra, J Implementation of participatory forest
management in Kerala. Graduate school of life science and environmental
sciences, University of Taskuba
Molnar, A.Molnazr, Scherr,S.J. and Khare, A. 2004 who conserves the world’s forests?
Community Driven Strategies to Protect Forests and Respects Rights. Forest
Trends.(http://www.foresttrends.org/documents/
who%20conserves_final_rev.pdf accesses on 15/10/2007)
Santhoshkumar, A.V 2008. Joint forest management in Kerala- an analysis of
institutions, impact and constraints. Phd thesis, Forest Research Institute
University, Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal
KFD (Kerala Forest Department). 2010 KFD home page (on line). Available
http://www.keralaforest.org (18 Nov. 2010)
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