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Do Local Villagers Gain from Joint Forest Management? Why and Why Not
-Lessons from Two Case Study Areas from Andhra Pradesh, India- (September 2008)

Contents (PDF/314KB)

Acknowledgements
Summary of the Report
Summary of the Report (in Japanese)

Cover: Do Local Villagers Gain from Joint Forest Management? Why and Why Not

1. Introduction (PDF/119KB)

  • 1-1 Background of Joint Forest Management (JFM)
  • 1-2 Objectives
  • 1-3 Analytical framework
  • 1-4 Background of the case study area
  • 1-5 Methods

2. Case study (PDF/363KB)

  • 2-1 Rights and access patterns of local actors to forest derived benefits before JFM
  • 2-2 Changes in rights to forest derived benefits in Andhra Pradesh after JFM
  • 2-3 Case study 1: Village A and Village B in the Khammam district
  • 2-4 Case study 2: Village C and Village D in the Medak district

3. Overall lessons learned from the case study (PDF/54KB)


4. Policy recommendations (PDF/40KB)

  • 4-1 To maximize benefits for FPCs
  • 4-2 To promote equitable distribution of benefits among FPC members
  • 4-3 To minimize negative consequences of the establishment of JFM villages over neighboring villagers

References (PDF/172KB)

Attachment

  • Attachment 1: List of informants for qualitative interviews
  • Attachment 2: Semi structured interviews for the Forest Protection Committee study
  • Attachment 3: Questionnaire surveys

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