Institutional analysis of evolution of joint forest management in India: A new institutional economics approach

Behera, Banarji; Engel, Stefanie

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2005.08.006

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“…Mukul et al, 2008 found that effective co-management between PA managers and local forest user groups are necessary to secure the future of PA in Bangladesh. One option, which developed in the community forestry program in Nepal, could be established in forest management is specifying the number of families and size of village to regulating management of a specific forest resources, access to the forests and equitable distribution of benefits among the community members (Wakiyama, 2004;Gautam et al, 2004;DoF, 2011;Adhikari et al, 2007;Acharya, 2002) and this is also found in joint forest management in India (Panigrahi, 2006;Behera & Engel, 2006;Vemuri, 2008).…”

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Tree Diversity and Management of Village Common Forests in Bandarban

Kamrul¹,

Jashimuddin²,

Hossain³

2017

Environ. Earth Ecol.

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Village Common Forests (VCF) are used sustainably for water source conservation, livelihoods and other biomass needs ofethnic communities in the hilly areas of Bangladesh. The current forest degradation rate warrants the importance and potentiality of VCF for sustainable natural resources management. This study was conducted in two VCF of Lama and RumaUpazila at Chimbuk hill range in Bandarban district to explore the indigenous management techniques and tree species diversity. To identify tree species diversity, eighteen plots (9 plots from each VCF) were selected at different hill position (top, middle and bottom) by stratified random sampling method with the dimension of 20m×20m per plot. Shiner-winner and Simpson index were used to calculate the tree species diversity. According to the analyses, it was found that diversity was higher in top of the hill, but species density (stem/ha) was higher in the valley. It was also found that 23000 seedlings/ha regenerated naturally and among the 31 identified families, Moraceae was dominant where the density was 354 stems/ha with basal area 52.63 m2/ha. The dominant species were Schleicher oleosaand Anisopterascaphula and important non-timber species were Melocannabaccifera and Calamusgurubagrowing abundantly in the study areas. It was observed that the VCF were managed by ethnic Mro community with two different committees (customary and executive) who made some rules for natural forest conservation. This management practice is not only conserving hill forests, but also helping to improve degraded forest and create new habitats for biodiversity in the study area.

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Tree Diversity and Management of Village Common Forests in Bandarban

Kamrul¹,

Jashimuddin²,

Hossain³

2017

Environ. Earth Ecol.

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“…Although the shift from state management to co-management is a step in the right direction, insecure, incomplete and (often) incoherent property rights transfers from the state to local communities remains an important source of incentive incompatibility for communities (Behera & Engel, 2006). In some cases, the rents are shared with the state in the form of user fees (Kumar, 2002;Kajembe et al, 2003;Behera & Engel, 2006;Jumbe & Angelsen, 2006;Limenih & Bekele, 2008;Robinson & Lokina, 2012). The incentives could be even smaller, if we consider foregone income from deterred agricultural land expansion.…”

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The Impact of Common Property Right Forestry: Evidence from Ethiopian Villages

Gelo

Koch

2014

World Development

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We use inverse probability weighting to examine the effects of a unique two-pronged common-property forestry program in the Gimbo district of Ethiopia, which includes Joint Forestry Management and improved nontimber forest product marketing efforts. The program was found to have affected household access to agricultural land, and, thus, reduced livestock holdings, due to program strictures. Furthermore, despite those reductions, there is evidence that the program had economically significant effects on other activities. Households were able to increase their earnings from nontimber forest products, partly due to an increased labor allocation toward non-timber forest product collection Keywords: community forestry, treatment effects, matching and Ethiopia 1 We are grateful to Volkswagen Foundation/ZIAF for financing the postdoc fellowship of the first author. We are also grateful to EfD (EDRI/EEPFE) SIDA for generously availing the data used for analysis of this paper, and to Economic Research Southern Africa for their financial support. This research is that of the authors, and does not reflect the views of the supporting agencies. We acknowledge that we have received quite valuable comments from Abebe Damte, Chitalu Chama and Gauthier Tshiswaka-Kashalala. The usual declaimer applies. 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSWe are grateful to Volkswagen Foundation/ZIAF for financing the postdoc fellowship of the first author, and Economic Research Southern Africa for its support of this research. We are also grateful to EfD (EDRI/EEPFE) SIDA for generously availing the data used for analysis of this paper. We acknowledge that we have received valuable comments from Abebe Damte, Chitalu Chama-Chiliba and Gauthier Tshiswaka-Kashalala. Finally, we thank the editor and three anonymous reviewers for their suggestions to improve our presentation and analysis.

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“…Recent research from around the globe has focused on the various factors that lead to successful community forestry outcomes, including common property management, power dynamics, and accountability (Agrawal and Chhatre 2006;Behera and Engel 2006). Despite this prior work in Nepal (Varughese and Ostrom 2001;Poteete and Ostrom 2004;Ojha 2006;Ojha et al 2009), little is known about how different governance relationships between community forestry groups may mediate socialecological challenges like invasive species management (Epanchin-Niell et al 2009) or what this means for how institutional analysis may be most effectively conducted (i.e.…”

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De jure versus de facto institutions: trust, information, and collective efforts to manage the invasive mile-a-minute weed (Mikania micrantha)

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Differences in governance relationships and community efforts to remove an exotic, rapidly spreading invasive plant, the-mile-a-minute weed (Mikania micrantha), are explored in five case study community forests in the subtropical region of Chitwan, Nepal. An institutional analysis informs an examination of the de jure (formal) versus de facto (on the ground) institutions and actor relationships relevant to Mikania removal efforts. Contrary to the expectations set by the de jure situation, we find heterogeneous governance relationships and norms related to Mikania management across community forests. Content analysis of interview data illuminates reoccurring themes and their implications 172 Abigail Sullivan et al.for social and ecological outcomes in the communities. Complex governance relationships and regular discussion of distrust of government and non-government officials help explain collective action efforts and management decisions. The content analysis suggests that Mikania is impacting people's daily lives but the degree of severity and the response to the disruption varies substantially and is affected by other problems experienced by community forest members. Our results indicate that understanding how the de facto, or on the ground situation, differs from the de jure institutions may be vital in structuring successful efforts to manage invasive species and understanding collective action problems related to other social-ecological threats. We present data-informed propositions about common pool resource management and invasive species. This study contributes to a better scientific understanding of how institutions mediate social-ecological challenges influencing common pool resources more broadly.

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Institutional analysis of evolution of joint forest management in India: A new institutional economics approach

Cited by 86 publications

References 11 publications

Tree Diversity and Management of Village Common Forests in Bandarban

Tree Diversity and Management of Village Common Forests in Bandarban

The Impact of Common Property Right Forestry: Evidence from Ethiopian Villages

De jure versus de facto institutions: trust, information, and collective efforts to manage the invasive mile-a-minute weed (Mikania micrantha)

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