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100			_aDas, P.K.
245			_aDevelopment of people's institution in joint forest management: Assumptions, realities and opportunities
260			_c2003
300			_ap.157-170.
362			_aApr-Jun
520			_aJoint Forest Management has emerged as a new strategy for popular participation in forest management through micro-institutional solutions. The experiment has been introduced in various states with varying degree of success. Efforts are afoot to create a space for the local populace, mostly through their local representatives, to participate in this innovative scheme. This article enumerates the available institutional options for strengthening protection and management activities. Trust building measures between local institutions, NGOs and administration and the reduced dependence on forest bureaucracy of this venture. It calls for a greater financial stability and commitment from all concerned to impact sustenance to the mechanism. - Reproduced.
650			_aForest management
773			_aIndian Journal of Public Administration
908			_aN
909			_a57926
999			_c57926 _d57926