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Decentralized Natural Resource Management: From State to Co-management in India

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  • Nagothu Udaya Sekhar

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In India, as in many parts of the developing world, the dominant view has been that local people are causing natural resource degradation. New thinking in the natural resource management domain is gradually replacing the older views blaming local people for decline of natural resources. The new approach advocates decentralization of natural resource management. This is discussed in this paper in relation to the ongoing decentralization reforms in India. The centralized approach dominated natural resource management in India during the colonial period. The government after independence conveniently adopted the same approach, excluding local people from forests. Recent research and resistance from grassroot movements led to a paradigm shift towards decentralization at the policy level in natural resource management. It is not clear whether the new Joint Forest Management (JFM) policy in India is an attempt to institutionalize state dominance, or if it will lead to real decentralization. The data from several villages adjacent to the Sariska Tiger Reserve (STR), Rajasthan, India show that state dominance is still prevalent, despite constraints. The real challenge lies in providing flexibility within the JFM policy to adapt to local conditions in natural resource management.

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  • Nagothu Udaya Sekhar, 2000. "Decentralized Natural Resource Management: From State to Co-management in India," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(1), pages 123-138.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:43:y:2000:i:1:p:123-138
    DOI: 10.1080/09640560010793
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    1. Kabita Baral, 2024. "Revisiting Decentralised Governance of Natural Resources in India: Conceptual Binaries and Restrictive Policy Design," Journal of Development Policy and Practice, , vol. 9(2), pages 219-237, July.
    2. RK Mishra & BK Patra, 2017. "Vegetation Analysis: A Tool for Restoration of Degraded Habitats of Raikela Iron Ore Mines Sundergarh, Odisha," International Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 5(5), pages 161-166, - October.

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