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100			_aDutta, Madhumati et al.
245			_aForest protection policies and local benefits from NTFP: lessons from West Bengal
260			_c2004
300			_ap.587-91.
362			_a7 Feb
520			_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.
650			_aForest management - India - West Bengal
650			_aForest management
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a59503
999			_c59503 _d59503