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Ajit Kumar Banerjee | |
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 Dr. Ajit Kumar Banerjee | |
| Born | 1 September 1931 |
| Died | 29 November 2014 (aged 83) |
| Occupation(s) | Forest Expert, Environmentalist |
Dr. Ajit Kumar Banerjee (Bengali: ড. অজিত কুমার ব্যানার্জী) (1 September 1931 – 29 November 2014)[1] was a noted environmentalist and expert in forest management and is known to be the father of the concept of Joint Forest Management, often abbreviated as JFM. Banerjee received global attention for the Arabari project in West Bengal, India where he introduced the JFM concept for the first time in 1972.[2]
- ^ Banerjee, Ajit Kumar (1995). "Rehabilitation of Degraded Forests in Asia" (PDF). World Bank Technical Paper. The World Bank. ISSN 0253-7494.
- ^ "Father of joint forestry management passes away". The Times of India. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2019.