Wealth of forests withheld
Submitted by rummykhan on Tue, 2011-08-30 12:09
Some 40 years ago an experiment began in Arabari forest range of West Bengal that caught the fancy of the nation. The forest authorities roped in the people living in the area in regenerating degraded forests. In return they offered them a share in forest resources and revenue. It worked. Two decades later the Centre adopted the Arabari model to start the Joint Forest Management programme. The response was such that today it involves 25 million people.
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Sep 15, 2011
Publication Date:
15/09/2011