Fuelwood Consumption and Participation in Community Forestry in India

Decentralized forest management is an important policy issue in India and elsewhere. Yet there are few careful studies of the impacts of community forestry. The authors try to fill this gap by analyzing National Sample Survey data from 524 villages in five states in India. Their analysis seeks to answer two key questions: (1) Who participates in community forestry and what are the determinants of participation? (2) What is the impact of participation on household fuelwood consumption? The authors find that proximity to forests, leadership, and fuelwood dependence are significant factors in explaining village participation in community forestry. Household participation is strongly correlated with scarcity, a result that has implications for a recent policy to expand community forestry from degraded to less degraded forests. The authors' most important findings are that fuelwood consumption and participation are linked, and household participation has a significant positive impact on consumption. However, the presence of a village level forestry institution does not have a direct effect.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Bandyopadhyay, Sushenjit, Shyamsundar, Priya
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2004-06
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE, CLEAN FUELS, COMMON LAND, COMMON PROPERTY, COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES, COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY BENEFITS, COMMUNITY FOREST, COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT, COMMUNITY FORESTRY, COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, DEGRADED FORESTS, DISTRICTS, EMPLOYMENT, FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS, FEMALES, FODDER, FOREST, FOREST CLEARING, FOREST COMMITTEE, FOREST COMMUNITIES, FOREST CONSERVATION, FOREST COVER, FOREST DEGRADATION, FOREST DEPARTMENT, FOREST INSTITUTION, FOREST INSTITUTIONS, FOREST LAND, FOREST MANAGEMENT, FOREST PRODUCTS, FOREST PROTECTION, FOREST PROTECTION COMMITTEES, FOREST REGENERATION, FOREST RESOURCE, FOREST RESOURCES, FOREST USER, FORESTRY DEPARTMENT, FORESTRY INSTITUTIONS, FORESTRY PROGRAM, FORESTRY PROGRAMS, FORESTRY PROJECTS, FORESTS, FUELS, FUELWOOD, HOUSEHOLDS, INCOME, LAND USE, LANDMARK, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, LOCAL GROUPS, MANAGING NATURAL RESOURCES, NATIONAL FOREST POLICY, NATURAL RESOURCE, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, OCCUPATIONS, OPPORTUNITY COSTS, PANCHAYATS, POACHING, PROPERTY RIGHTS, RESOURCE USE, RURAL COMMUNITIES, SELF-HELP, STATE FOREST, STATE FOREST DEPARTMENTS, STATE FOREST POLICIES, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TEAK, TIMBER, TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS, TIMBER HARVESTING, USE OF FORESTS, VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT, VILLAGE FOREST, VILLAGE FORESTS, VILLAGES, WOOD COMMUNITY FORESTRY, FUELWOOD COLLECTION, PANCHAYAT FORESTS, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/4965793/fuelwood-consumption-participation-community-forestry-india https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14046
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