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IFAD Consultancy Case Study by S Kotnala Creating a grassroot institution for common forest resource management, ILC
https://www.landcoalition.org/en/resources/creating-grassroots-institution-common-forest-resources-management In 1997 Seva Mandir created an informal network of Forest Protection Committees, the Van Utthan Sansthan (VUS). In 2003 VUS acquired a formal status as a nongovernmental organisation that protects and manages 67,000 hectares of forestland in more than 240 villages in Udaipur, Rajasthan, under Joint Forest Management (JFM). Today VUS successfully engages with…