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Economical and ecological realization of Joint Forest Management (JFM) for sustainable rural livelihood: a case study

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Title Economical and ecological realization of Joint Forest Management (JFM) for sustainable rural livelihood: a case study
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Creator Soumen Bisui
Sambhunath Roy
Biswajit Bera
Partha Pratim Adhikary, Debashish Sengupta, Gouri Sankar Bhunia, Pravat Kumar Shit
 
Subject Ecological impact · Forest dwellers · Forest fringe people · Forest products · Livelihood · Standard of living
 
Description Research article
In India, Joint Forest Management (JFM) programme was first introduced in the year 1972 at Arabari forest range in West
Bengal with the collaboration of local community and forest department for the protection of reserve forest and improvement
of rural livelihood. Subsequently, in 1990 the JFM programme was further extended at nearby Bhadutola forest range
of Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal, India). The evaluation of this programme with respect to ecological and economic
indicators has not been done. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of JFM scheme in two sites and
also assess the ecological impacts of such programs. Applying relevant research methods like focus group discussion (FGD),
standard of living index (SLI), livelihood dependence index (LDI) and measurement of forest dependency, the effectiveness
of JFM project has been assessed for the sustainable forest management. The ecological impacts were calculated using the
value coefficient method through implied for ecosystem service functions. The results showed that the forest dwellers of
Arabari forest range are getting more benefits like different non-timber forest products (NTFP) than Bhadutola forest range
community. It is stated that around 85% respondents are highly satisfied with the implementation of JFM project. In the
recent years, the standard of living index (SLI) of almost sixteen villages under JFM project has been significantly improved.
The ecological impact for both the forest ranges clearly shows a positive effect on the ecosystem service values through food
production, raw materials, genetic resources, climatic regulation and soil erosion control strategies. The Arabari forest range
has shown more positive changes in ecological services function than the Bhadutola forest range. Therefore, this model needs
to be applied effectively in different vulnerable forest ranges of tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world for sustainable
forest resource conservation as well as improvement of livelihood of forest dwellers.
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Date 2024-02-09T11:39:29Z
2024-02-09T11:39:29Z
2022-09-11
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Not Available
0564-3295 (Print)
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/81337
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Springer