The joint Forest Management (JFM) programme has been implemented on a large scale in India from 1990 onwards, extending over 17 million ha of forests, covering 75,000 villages in 27 states. Further, under the Tenth Five-Year Plan, it is proposed that JFM will cover all the forest-fringe villages through Forest Development Agencies. It is essential to learn from the programme implemented so far through periodic monitoring and evaluation of JFM. This book has ...
