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Participatory Forest Policies and Politics in India: Joint Forest Management Institutions in Jharkhand and West Bengal

Manish Tiwary

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Introduction: political ecology and India's forests Participatory forest management: the context of Jharkhand and West Bengal Forest departments: changed roles, conventional goals Forest protection committees: Forestry within the JFM boundaries Voluntary forest protection groups: Indigenous beliefs, autogenous management Panchayat and community forest protection groups: equity and institutional compliance in rural development forestry Putting voluntarism to test: case studies of NGOs in Bengal and Jharkhand Conclusion: role of ecological institutions in participatory forest management Bibliography Appendices Index

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Key concepts: Joint Forest Management, BENGAL, Community forestry, Forest management, Geography, Indigenous, Context (archaeology), Citizen journalism