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Ensuring ‘Collective Action’ in ‘Participatory’ Forest Management

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Rucha Ghate
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This paper is based on a qualitative analysis of three case studies, each belonging to one of three types of institutional structures: Self-initiated, NGO-promoted, and Government-sponsored JFM. The basic objectives of all three institutional structures is strengthening ecological security and meeting the subsistence biomass needs of the local people. Yet, they are different, each with its strength and weaknesses.

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Paper provided by esocialsciences.com in its series Working Papers with number id:1759.

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Keywords: qualitative analysis; case study; studies; institutional structures; NGO; government; subsistence biomass; local people; India; government; state; forest management; joint; process analysis; ecological security;

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