Joint Forest News Today

PULWAMA: In view of the recent firing incident by unknown gunmen on the forest patrolling team of Forest Department in Pulwama District and subsequent death of one Forest worker and injuries to another Forest officer, the Forest Department has launched massive patrolling and search operations in all forests of Pulwama and intensified surveillance in town areas. At sunrise itself, large number

Three decades since the initiation of decentralised governance, and more than a decade since the first community forest resource right was recognised in Maharashtra, forest-dwelling communities still have limited space in decision-making about their forest resources. This article describes three cases from Maharashtra where bureaucratic overreach has impeded emerging forest