PAPER V: KUF 355- PARTICIPATORY FOREST MANAGEMENT-

Concept, history and scope, types of participatory management, JFM, Forest Development Agency (FDA), Compensatory Afforestation Management fund and Program Authority (CAMPA), Van panchayat, community forestry, user groups and NGO’s, Van panchayat rules and modification, Van panchayat in Uttarakhand, success and failure of JFM, Role of community in natural resource management (NRM), Rapid rural Appraisal (RRA) and Participatory rural appraisal (PRA).