Factors affecting participation in joint forest management in the West Bengal state of India |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Economics with Rural Development, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, India;2. AF Mercados EMI, Ankara, Turkey;3. ECORYS Research and Consulting, Ankara, Turkey;4. Department of Zoology, Garhbeta College, Midnapore, West Bengal, India;1. Dept. of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, PO Box 27 (Latokartanonkaari 7), 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland;2. Finnish Forest Association, Salomonkatu 17 A, 00100 Helsinki, Finland;3. Finnish Forest Research Institute Metla, PO Box 18 (Jokiniemenkuja 1), 01301 Vantaa, Finland;1. Department of Forestry Economics and Management, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 21 Praha 6 – Suchdol, Czech Republic;2. Department of Forest Strategy, Policy and Economics, National Forest Centre – Forest Research Institute Zvolen, T.G. Masaryka 22, 960 92 Zvolen, Slovak Republic;3. Department of Economics and Management of Forestry, Faculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen, T.G. Masaryka 24, 960 53 Zvolen, Slovak Republic;4. Institute for Forest Consulting and Education, National Forest Centre Zvolen, Sokolská 2, 960 52 Zvolen, Slovak Republic;1. Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico;2. Becario del Programa de Becas Posdoctorales en la UNAM, Centro Regional de Investigaciones Multidisciplinarias, UNAM, Mexico;3. Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico;4. Posgrado en Antropología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico;5. Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico;1. Department of Economics, University of Girona, 17071 Girona, Spain;2. Fractalia Environmental Consulting, Girona, Spain;3. Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF) and University of Barcelona, 08007 Barcelona, Spain;1. Virginia Tech, Agricultural and Applied Economics, 306B Hutcheson Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA;2. Virginia Tech, Agricultural and Applied Economics, 305 Hutcheson Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA;3. USDA Forest Service, Forestry Sciences Lab, Southern Research Station Research, Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA;4. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Chesapeake Bay Field Office, Fairfax Drive, Room 4020, Arlington, VA 22203, USA |
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| Abstract: | This study analyses participation in joint forest management (JFM). The study is based on in-depth interviews with 150 households of Forest Protection Committees (FPC) in Paschim Medinipur district in the West Bengal state of India. Based on a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) of 14 participatory indicators, it follows that “social” aspects of participation are considerably less important in West Bengal than as found elsewhere in India, while the perception of the environment (first and third factor) stand out as the most important aspects of participation in JFM, jointly explaining almost half of the variance. Regression analyses indicate that household size, the number of forest committee meetings, religion of the household, willingness to pay of the household for the forest protection and the size of land holding are important variables for explaining variation in levels of participation. Results from estimating game theoretic models on participation among villagers in JFM indicates that in two out of the four possible situations, harmonious sharing of the benefits is an (Nash) equilibrium, but not unique. In all cases, institutional checks and balances are needed to guarantee mutual participation, which is possible only by strengthening the JFM management body. |
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| Keywords: | Participation in forest management India Principal component analysis Regression analysis Game theoretic model estimation C31 C72 Q23 |
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