Forest management practices in South and Southeast Asian nations were radically altered by their colonial rulers. Such policies alienated forest dwellers from their habitat and replaced their ways of forest management that with a centralized system. Centralized forest management systems paid little interest to community welfare. As a result, large-scale depletion of forest resources began. Acrid experience of the centralized forest management compelled governments of these nations to promote community based forest management (CBRM). People’s participation is considered as indispensable factor for the success of CBFM. Book discusses how to elicit higher people’s participation in CBFM. Thereby it unfolds the participation mystique needed for CBFM for wider consideration.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Himadri Sinha
Himadri Sinha is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Rural Development, at Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi. Currently he is also associated with the Department of Research and consultancy in the same institute. He did his masters in Agronomy from Allahabad Agricultural Institute, Allahabad University and obtained his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagur. He has been teaching Natural Resource Management and Agribusiness at postgraduate level for past 14 years. He has published several papers in leading national and international journals. His research interests include forest management, Land and water use management, Leadership and conflict resolution in commons, Livelihood promotional activities, Self Help Groups and Micro-credit. He has conducted numerous Management Development Programmes. He is a member of IASCP (International Association for Study for Common Property) and presented several papers in national and international conferences.
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