Redefining community-state partnership in natural resource management: a case from India

Author(s)
Kumar, Chetan
Shankar Vashisht, Umar
Editor(s)
Eade, Deborah
Publication date
2005-02-01
Subject
Food and livelihoods
Approach and methodology
Keywords
Agriculture
Development methods
Water and sanitation
Country
India

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam GB
Routledge
Journal
Development in Practice
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/130692
DOI
10.1080/0961452052000321550
Document type
Journal article
Language
English
Description
This article examines the role of the state in the Joint Forest Management (JFM) programme in the northern province of Haryana in India. In the past two decades, significant developments pertaining to institutional reforms in promoting community-state partnerships in protecting and managing forests have been undertaken in the province. By reviewing the experiences in management of water-harvesting structures and lease of forest area to local communities, the article demonstrates that the adoption of 'joint management' rhetoric does not guarantee successful partnerships at the field level. The implementation of the programme calls for a radical redefinition of the role of the state in order to establish credible commitments to the local communities in terms of both policy and practice.
Pages
11
ISSN
0961-4524
EISSN
1364-9213
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