ANNEX 2 - COMMUNITY BASED FOREST MANAGEMENT POLICIES IN INDIA

(POFFENBERGER AND SINGH, 1996)

Product Rights

Responsibilities

Participants

Restrictions

Tenure Rights

National

Community should share in usufruct grasses, fuelwood, timber (25%)

No grazing; no agriculture; promote stall feeding,

exclusively to village community; no individual agreements

No ownership or rights

Rajasthan

All NTFP (except bamboo), 60% of net timber to be reinvested

Registered society; revenue village based

Control grazing, illegal felling, fires, encroachment

Not specified; maximum of 50 ha per group

Orissa

Subsistence timber/fuel free- not for sale

FPC-panchayat based; 8 + member of village panchayat

Same as above + distribution to villages

Not specified

Gujarat

All NTFP; 25% of GFD timber and 80 % of timber from other sources

Regenerate and develop degraded forest land; no agriculture or grazing

Village communities, panchayat, society or informal groups; all families

No lease or ownership rights; joint management agreement

West Bengal

25 % of timber net after minimum 5 year protection; all NTFP

Protect forests against fires, encroachment, cutting

Community-based FPC under panchayat broad based land management committee

10-year rotation with possible extension

Haryana

25% of net timber; first priority to HRMS vested after 3 years; all NTFP except fodder and fibre lease

Protect, manage, plan development and accounts, form rules and regulations

Registered society revenue village or community with revenue village area if other villages agree; all households male and female heads

Not specified except 1-year lease on fibre and fodder bamboo area; HRMS first choice

Bihar

Dry leaves, branches, and grasses for free subsistence; not for sale

Establish rules for forest protection and enforcement; help organize forest labour; meet regularly distribute produce

village development committee; all members of 1 or more villages with tribal representation

2 years, then new committee is formed

NTFP: Non-timber forest product; GFD: Government forest department; HRMS: Haryana resource management societies; FPC: Forest protection committee.

	Product Rights	Responsibilities	Participants	Restrictions	Tenure Rights
National	Community should share in usufruct grasses, fuelwood, timber (25%)	No grazing; no agriculture; promote stall feeding,	exclusively to village community; no individual agreements		No ownership or rights
Rajasthan	All NTFP (except bamboo), 60% of net timber to be reinvested		Registered society; revenue village based	Control grazing, illegal felling, fires, encroachment	Not specified; maximum of 50 ha per group
Orissa	Subsistence timber/fuel free- not for sale		FPC-panchayat based; 8 + member of village panchayat	Same as above + distribution to villages	Not specified
Gujarat	All NTFP; 25% of GFD timber and 80 % of timber from other sources	Regenerate and develop degraded forest land; no agriculture or grazing	Village communities, panchayat, society or informal groups; all families		No lease or ownership rights; joint management agreement
West Bengal	25 % of timber net after minimum 5 year protection; all NTFP	Protect forests against fires, encroachment, cutting	Community-based FPC under panchayat broad based land management committee		10-year rotation with possible extension
Haryana	25% of net timber; first priority to HRMS vested after 3 years; all NTFP except fodder and fibre lease	Protect, manage, plan development and accounts, form rules and regulations	Registered society revenue village or community with revenue village area if other villages agree; all households male and female heads		Not specified except 1-year lease on fibre and fodder bamboo area; HRMS first choice
Bihar	Dry leaves, branches, and grasses for free subsistence; not for sale	Establish rules for forest protection and enforcement; help organize forest labour; meet regularly distribute produce	village development committee; all members of 1 or more villages with tribal representation		2 years, then new committee is formed