01230pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002800040245008600068260000900154300001400163362001000177520079700187650004400984650002201028773003401050180718b2004   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aDutta, Madhumati et al.  aForest protection policies and local benefits from NTFP: lessons from West Bengal  c2004  ap.587-91.  a7 Feb  aAs part of its joint forest management programme the West Bengal government has offered a 25 per cent share of returns from the rotational harvesting of timber as well as from intermediate biomass yields as an incentive for protecting its reserved forests and preventing illegal extraction. Why then does such illegal extraction take place? Using the postulate that expectations of regular and steady returns from non-timber forest produce (NTFP) constitute the backbone of preservation-oriented extraction by village communities, this study attempts to identify the quantify the range of benefits other than the returns from the illegal felling and sale of timber obtained by these communities due to the existence of the forest, so that policy can be formulated on this basis. - Reproduced.  aForest management - India - West Bengal  aForest management  aEconomic and Political Weekly