Participatory Forest Management

Vankireddi Reddappa Reddy

ISBN 10: 3847378384 / ISBN 13: 9783847378389

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Feb 2012, 2012

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Neuware -Forests are the lifeline of humanity. But forests lost the battle fighting human greed and ineffective forest management mechanisms. When war cry regarding forest degradation took place across globe, Governments recognized the futility of keeping the people outside the orbit of forest management. Slowly a new forest management paradigm emerged. Based on the successful Common Property Resources management practices, different models were adopted for management of forests by involving people the world over. Those models offered both successes and failures. In countries like India, community, caste, clan, political affiliation, etc. play a predominant role in making peoples' participation successful, especially in forest management as forests offer nothing to the people directly and immediately. To add, forest management is not a short term affair. An institutionalized system becomes necessary to monitor the peoples' participation at community level. It is in this context, present study was undertaken with the financial support provided by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi to understand the appropriate models of peoples' participation. The study brings out several insights.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 156 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Participatory Forest Management
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Feb 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3847378384
• ISBN 13: 9783847378389
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 10D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 10 millimeters depth
• Weight: 250 grams

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Synopsis

Forests are the lifeline of humanity. But forests lost the battle fighting human greed and ineffective forest management mechanisms. When war cry regarding forest degradation took place across globe, Governments recognized the futility of keeping the people outside the orbit of forest management. Slowly a new forest management paradigm emerged. Based on the successful Common Property Resources management practices, different models were adopted for management of forests by involving people the world over. Those models offered both successes and failures. In countries like India, community, caste, clan, political affiliation, etc. play a predominant role in making peoples' participation successful, especially in forest management as forests offer nothing to the people directly and immediately. To add, forest management is not a short term affair. An institutionalized system becomes necessary to monitor the peoples' participation at community level. It is in this context, present study was undertaken with the financial support provided by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi to understand the appropriate models of peoples' participation. The study brings out several insights.

About the Author

Prof. Reddy had his Masters in Economics and Ph.D. in Rural Development. He is teaching at Masters level since 27 years. Now he is Coordinator, Special Assistance Program supported by University Grants Commission. He published 20 papers in national and international journals and lent consultancy services to FHI, Care India, SERP, SOCHURSOD & CAPART