The National Forest Policy, 1988 was a landmark policy in India's forest management, explicitly advocating for the involvement of local communities in the protection, conservation, and management of forests. This concept became widely known as Joint Forest Management (JFM).
Introduction of Joint Forest Management was an important objective of
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