Outputs
Report And Policy Briefs
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Forest Rights in Baiga Chak, Madhya Pradesh The study focuses on the challenges in implementing FRA in Baiga Chak Madhya Pradesh -
Democratising Forest Governance: Challenges Old and New Review of implementation of forest rights act in India
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Silvicultural Practices in the Management of Diospyros melanoxylon (Tendu) Leaf Production: Options and Trade-offs The study focuses on comparing management practices for tendu leaf production in Gadchiroli District, Maharashtra
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Policy Brief: Post-CFR Recognition Policy Support How can the recognition of CFR rights translate into positive and equitable livelihood and conservation outcomes? Much will clearly depend upon the collective decision-making processes adopted at the local level and the policy support provided post-recognition. -
A policy brief on Convergence of CFRR with NTFP-based livelihoods Under project on Training, Capacity Building and Support for Decision-Making for CFRR Recognition & Management in Bastar District -
Estimating and Mapping CFR Potential This study estimates (a lower bound for) the potential area that could come under CFR rights and the locations of the villages with this CFR potential in four important central Indian states. -
Critical Wildlife Habitat: What is it, how should it be implemented, and how is it being pushed through? This report seeks to clarify in simple language the core legal provisions relating to CWH, their interpretation, and the processes necessary for their proper implementation on the ground. It also identifies where the ongoing process in Maharashtra has deviated from this legally implied process. -
Community Forest Rights Recognition in Chhattisgarh State: Progress and Challenges Community Rights (CR) and Community Forest Resource Rights (CFRR) provisions of the FRA, when taken together, have the potential to decentralize and deepen democratic forest governance and bring about a transformative change in the economic and social conditions of the local people, and improve the management of the forests. -
Training, Capacity Building and Support for Decision-Making for CFRR Recognition In Bastar District, the transformative potential of CFRRs is very high, with more than 400 out of 607 villages holding the potential for recognition of community forest resource rights. -
Learning From and Carrying Forward CFR Management Planning in Central India How does Community Forest Resource (CFR) management work on the ground? What can we learn from the decade-long history of such management by villages in Maharashtra to build capacities