Economic Upliftment of Ethnic and Rural Population Through Joint Forest Management (JFM) And Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP’s)
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https://doi.org/10.32439/ps.v9i2.17-22Keywords:
Economic upliftment, Ethnic people, JFM, NTFPAbstract
Ethnic and rural communities inhabiting forest-fringe regions depend heavily on forest ecosystems for their subsistence and livelihood security. Due to disruption of traditional forest based occupations they lost their earnings from traditional jobs like that of fishing, hunting, animals trading, honey extraction, selling wild edible plants and man-made agricultural instruments etc. in nearby markets. The present study examines the role of Joint Forest Management (JFM) and sustainable utilization of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP’s) in enhancing income, food security, and employment among forest-dependent populations. Based on field observations, socio-economic surveys and secondary data, the study highlights that regulated access to NTFP’s under JFM significantly contributes to the forest products along with timber to sell in the markets as per their need. In this way sustainable natural and economic development has been established to fulfill the requirement of Man and Biospheres program.
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