Question

Describe the Joint Forest Management (JMT).

Answer 1

Joint Forest Management often abbreviated as JFM is the official and popular term in India for partnerships in forest movement involving both the state forest departments and local communities.


Villagers agree to assist in the safeguarding of forest resources through protection from fire, grazing, and illegal harvesting in exchange for which they receive non-timber forest products and a share of the revenue from the sale of timber products.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

JFM (Joint Forest Management) is an initiative to institutionlize participatory governance of country's forest resources by involving the local communities living close to the forest.

This is a Co - management institution to develop partnership between forest fringe communities and the Forest Department (FD) on the basis of mutual trust and jointly defined roles and responsibilities with regard to forest protection and regeneration.

JFM started in consonance with the National forest policy 1988, which has recognized the importance of involving the local communities and the government had issued necessary resolutions and guidelines subsequently to initiate such institutions and strengthen it further.

Most of the states in India have adopted JFM and issued resolutions permitting such partnership as per the prescribed guidelines though the institutional structure varies across the state.

Under JFM, both forest departments and local communities come to an agreement to form the committee to manage to protect forests by sharing the costs and benefits.