Management of Nontimber Forest Product Resources of India an Analysis of Forest
ABOUT THE BOOK: Management of Nontimber Forest Product Resources of India. An Analysis of Forest Development Corporations. In this book, Professor Tewari reviews the management of nontimber forest products of India under the control of Forest Development Corporations during the last 30 years or so. In overall, Forest Development Corporations are not functioning as efficienty as they were expected to do initailly. Most of them are showing losses and depend continually on taxpayers' money to survive. Thus, there is a need for new institutional innovations. The Author suggests a new apprach towards managing this economically important resource so as to reform the functioning of ailing corporations in the interest of tribal communities. A cooperative framework, which entrusts the managment of nontimber forest products to the tribal communities, along with a support price program and effective coordination of market forces, in recommended for sustainable and socially rewarding management of nontimber forest products. Thus, a more decentralized management of nontimber forest products and nationally coordinated marketing framework is to be developed. Comments to be sent devitewan@telkomsa.net
AUTHOR: Devi D. Tewari | ISBN: 9788181892232 | YEAR: 2008 | PAGES: 152 | SIZE: 14.5 x 22.5 x 1.5 cm. | BINDING: Hard | LANGUAGE: English
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Devi D. Tewari earned his PhD from University of Saskatchewan, Canada. He has published widely on nontimber forest products issues and his earlier work Economics and Management of Nontimber Forest Products: A Case Study of Gujarat is an internationally well-known work. Other publicatons of Professor Tewari include: Castor Economy, International Castor Oil Market, Principles of Microeconomics, An Estimation of the Value of Water in the Commerical Forestery Sector in Selected Areas in South Africa: A case study of KwaZulu-Natal. Currently he is a Profesor with school of Economics and Finanace, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. In this book, Professor Tewari reviews the management of nontimber forest products of India under the control of Forest Development Corporations during the last 30 years or so. Author suggests a new approach towards managing this economically important resource so as to reform the functioning of ailing corporations in the interest of tribal communities. A cooperative framework, which entrusts the management of nontimber forest products to the tribal communities along with a support price program and effective coordination of market forces, is recommended for sustainable and socially-rewarding management of nontimber forest products. Thus, a more decentralized management of nontimber products and nationally coordinated marketing framework is to be developed. Comments to be sent: Tewari@ukzn.ac.za
CONTENTS:
Preface
Acknowledgement
1 Chapter 1 : Introduction
1.1 Forest Policy and Forest Development Corporations
1.2 A Brief Overview of India's NTFP Economy
1.3 Aims of the Book
1.4 Conceptual Model and Methodology
1.5 Scope and Outline of the Book
2 Chapter 2 : Internal Factors Affecting the Performance of the Forest
Development Corporations
2.1 Vision, Mission, and Goals
2.2 Structure of the Forest Development Corporations
2.3 Leadership Styles
2.4 Dynamic Capabilities
2.5 Organizational Culture
2.6 Summing Up
3 Chapter 3 : External Factors Affecting the Performance of Forest Development
Corporations
3.1 Advances in Technology
3.2 Legal or Government Climate
3.2.1 Trade Control Legislation
3.2.2 Agents for Collection and
Marketing
3.2.3 Nationalization of Tendu/Kendu
Leaves
3.2.4 Restriction on Free Movement of
Resources
3.3 Political Climate
3.4 Market Conditions
3.5 Aggregate Economy-Wide Trends
3.6 Demographic Trends
3.7 Geographical Location
3.8 Summing Up
4 Chapter 4 : Problems in Marketing and Collection in Forest Development
Corporations: Selected Case Studies
4.1 Marketing and Collection in Orissa
4.2 Marketing and Collection in Kerala
4.3 Marketing and Collection in Gujarat
4.4 Marketing and Collection in Uttar Pradesh
4.5 Marketing and Collection in Madhya Pradesh and
Chhatisgarh
4.6 Summing Up
5 Chapter 5 : Social Welfare Responsibility of Forest Development Corporations
and their Overall Performance Appraisal
5.1 Social Welfare Role
5.1.1 Price Transfer Benefits
5.1.2 Income Generation Benefits
5.1.3 Employment Generation Benefits
5.1.4 Value Addition Benefits
5.2 Constraints on Forest Development Corporations
5.2.1 Bureaucracy
5.2.2 Staffing Constraints
5.2.3 Fragility of Markets
5.2.4 Corruption
5.2.5 Lack of Proper Policy and
Administrative Frameworks
5.2.6 Excessive Controls
5.3 Overall Performance Appraisal
5.4 Summing Up
6 Chapter 6 : New Institutional Alternatives for Sustainable Management of
Nontimber Forest Products
6.1 A Brief Review of Theory of Institutions
6.1.1 Property Rights Theme
6.1.2 Rent-Seeking Theme
6.1.3 Transaction Cost Theme
6.1.4 Social Choice Theory Theme
6.2 Models of Nontimber Forest Products Management
6.2.1 Privatization Model
6.2.2 Nationalization Model
6.2.3 Community Management Model
6.2.4 A Comparison among Different
Models of Management
6.3 Need for Democratic Decentralization of Management of
Natural Resources
6.4 A Model of Sustainable Management of Nontimber Forest
Product Resources
6.5 Summing Up
7 Chapter 7 : Conclusions and Policy Guidelines
7.1 Introduction and Objectives
7.2 Major Findings
7.2.1 Internal Factors
7.2.2 External Factors
7.2.3 An Appraisal
7.2.4 Possible Management Related
Concerns
7.3 A New Model of Natural Resource Management
7.4 Conclusions and Policy Guidelines
References
Appendix A: Contact Details of Forest Development Corporations, India
Appendix B: A Brief Description of Some Selected Forest Development Corporations
in India
Index
