Joint Forest Management (JFM) in India

This article provides notes on Joint Forest Management (JFM) in India. In 1971, a small experiment over 1250 of de­graded forests called Arabari Socio Economic ex­periment was initiated in Arabari Range, East Midnapore Division of West Bengal. The objec­tive of the experiment was to see whether the de­grading forests in the area could be rehabilitated with fringe people (616 families) [...]