Community Forest Management

Joe Human; Manoj Pattanaik

doi:10.3362/9780855986810

Community Forest Management

A Casebook from India

Forests throughout India and the local communities whose livelihoods depend on them, are under threat from large commercial enterprises. This Casebook follows the development of a community-based forest-protection movement in the state of Orissa, as it grew from spontaneous local protests in the mid-1970s into a network of forest-management organisations with respected expertise and widespread influence. 'Community Forest Management' analyses the achievements of the movement - known as 'Friends of Trees and Living Beings' - and considers its significance within the context of a national legal and policy frameworks. The authors draw on candid interviews with villagers, activists, NGO staff and forestry officials; considers the cultural, ethical and political dimensions of the movement and examine the tensions inherent in its expansion. Finally they show how the Orissa experience proved to be a rich resource for development education in the United Kingdom.

Published: 2000
Pages: 184

eBook: 9780855986810

Paperback: 9780855984397


# Acknowledgements;
# Introduction;
1. The years of struggle;
2. The wider picture;
3. India's forest people;
4. The people fight back;
5. BOJBP: from birth to maturity;
6. Problems and challenges;
7. The elements of success;
8. Lessons learned;
# Appendix 1. Thengapalli: a resource for primary schools;
# Appendix 2. BOJBP publications;
# Appendix 3. Update on BOJBP and the mahasangha;
# Notes;
# Further reading;