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PEOPLE'S
PARTICIPATION
National Forest
Policy, 1988 envisages the people's involvement in development and
protection of forests. The mechanism of Joint Forest Management (JFM)
was adopted by the government in 1990. Its objective is to regenerated
and develop degraded forests for environmental needs and to provide
fuelwood, fodder, NWFPs and timber to local people living in and around
forests. The JFM has since been institutionalised by most of the states.
The emphasis has been on the formation of a village institution such as
Village Forest Committees (VFCs) and empowering them for participatory
management of degraded forests on a benefit sharing basis. By September,
1998, Twenty-one States had issued resolutions for JFM and around 7
million ha. of degraded forests were being managed by about 35000 VFCs.
ROLE OF
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS (NGOs) The NGOs being private, voluntary,
non-profit organisations have the requisite strength to support
community/participator activities- i.e. to organise people, provide
training, deliver extension services, identify income earning activities
and facilitate market access. They will also be able to provide an
independent view and comment on development proposals and their impact.
NGOs can also provide useful inputs in support of sustainable forest
management. NGOs, therefore, should be suitably involved in
Forestry-Development activities.HUMAN
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT Forestry is multi-disciplinary, and
the array of skills needed should be turned to the specific needs of the
sector from those of the highly professional staff to sub-professionals
and field technicians. It also pre-supposes public education in
forestry. The personnel administration in Government departments is
based on the provisions of the service rules, which is not the HRD for a
sector. The forestry sector in India is looked after by Government
Forest Service; and its Human Resource Development is inadequate
affecting the quality of performance in the sector. The appropriate
expertise is necessary for efficient performance.HRD is a crucial aspect requiring urgent attention. There is need to inculcate a development/enterpreneurial culture and conservation ethic into the profession, involving refresher training and retraining. Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehra Dun and other institutes provide professional training in forestry. These have recently taken various curriculum of HRD. 
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