ECONOMIC TRANSITION AND LIVELIHOOD PATTERNS A STUDY ON THE CHANGING DEPENDENCE ON FORESTS AMONG TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IN THE JANGALMAHAL AREA OF JHARGRAM DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL
Bidyut Kumar Patra
Geography
December 2023
Protecting forests and the resources they contain, as well as improving the lives of forest residents, are two of the many key goals of the Joint Forest Management initiative. Jhargram, West Bengal's participatory forest management project is the inspiration for the program. The indigenous peoples of West Bengal's forests are mostly of tribal origin. The survival of these indigenous communities, which are located in or near woods, is dependent on the forest and its supplies. Through JFM initiatives, a number of governmental and non-governmental organizations are striving to improve indigenous peoples' ability to make a living in the forest. Field research has shown that JFM assists tribal gatherings with decreasing weaknesses at the family level and contributes altogether to the improvement of the five capital resources of livelihood structure (DFID model).
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