Overview
We focus on conducting action-oriented research to address knowledge gaps across ecological, economic, and social dimensions, enabling community-based forest management.
Our work addresses,
1. Ecological questions focused on sustainable production and harvest of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) and co-management and protection of wildlife,
2. Socio-economic questions on creation of sustained benefits from the sale of NTFPs and of equitable benefit sharing,
3. Dynamics in claim-making and assertion of forest rights,
4. Governance questions about impacts of diverse forest tenure regimes in central India.
Potential mapping
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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.
Claim Making
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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 FRA in India
Management Planning
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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.
Post Claims
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Co-operative procurement and marketing of Tendu leaves in Madhya Pradesh: Image and reality Assessment of the working of the MP MFP Federation-led Tendu leaf procurement -
Democratising Forest Governance: Challenges Old and New Review of implementation of FRA 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 -
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.
Critical Wildlife Habitats
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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.