This document discusses opportunities for linking community forest institutions with microcredit institutions in India. It outlines that community forestry groups focused on forest management are often financially weak with limited bookkeeping skills, while microcredit groups are more financially stable but may not focus on forestry activities. The document proposes several ways to better connect these groups, such as: (1) helping community forest groups access credit by improving accounting practices or forming cooperatives, (2) motivating microcredit groups to support forestry initiatives, and (3) demonstrating feasible forest-based business models that could receive credit. Overall it argues that community forestry and microcredit groups should work together to facilitate linkages that could strengthen both movements.