National Forest Policy, 1988 | |
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Parliament of India | |
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Territorial extent | The whole of India. |
Enacted by | Parliament of India |
Enacted | 1988 |
Status: In force |
The National Forest Policy, 1988 is an Act of the Parliament of India to revise the previously enacted National Forest Policy of 1952.[1] The 1988 National Forest Policy strongly suggested the idea of empowering and involving local communities in the protection and development of forests. A direct outcome of the National Forest Policy, 1988 was the Joint Forest Management Program (JFM /JFMP) instituted in 1990 by the Government of India. It was started on a pilot project basis in West Bengal as early as 1971, and again in the late 1980s with considerable success.[2]