PEOPLE'S FORESTS IS COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE THE FUTURE OF INDIA'S JUNGLES? People’s forests Report.indd 1 09/03/18 12:29 PM Research direction: Chandra Bhushan Authors: Shruti Agarwal and Ajay Kumar Saxena Editor: Arif Ayaz Parrey Design and cover: Ajit Bajaj Cover photograph: Rohan Mukerjee Production: Rakesh Shrivastava and Gundhar Das Bread for the World—Protestant Development Service The document has been produced with the financial contribution of Bread for the World—Protestant Development Service. The views herein shall not necessarily be taken to reflect the official opinion of the donor. © 2018 Centre for Science and Environment Material from this publication can be used, but with acknowledgement. Maps used in this document are not to scale. Citation: Shruti Agarwal and Ajay Kumar Saxena 2018, People’s forests: Is community forest resource governance the future of India’s jungles?, Centre for Science and Environment , New Delhi Published by Centre for Science and Environment 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area New Delhi 110 062 Phones: 91-11-40616000 Fax: 91-11-29955879 E-mail:
[email protected] Website: www.cseindia.org Printed at Multi Colour Services People’s forests Report.indd 2 09/03/18 12:29 PM PEOPLE'S FORESTS IS COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE THE FUTURE OF INDIA'S JUNGLES? People’s forests Report.indd 3 09/03/18 12:29 PM People’s forests Report.indd 4 09/03/18 12:29 PM PEOPLE’S FORESTS Contents Foreword 7 1. Overview 9 2. CFR management experiences: Initiatives, achievements and challenges (case studies) 15 Amravati: Restoring degraded forests 16 Chandrapur: A tool for local self-governance 22 Narmada district: Watershed approach 28 Alipurduar: ‘Scientific’ vs traditional 34 Kandhamal: Women-led NTFP collectives 40 3.