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ees-709	Chand, Sandip; Behera, Bhagirath	Does Assignment of Individual Property Rights Improve Forest Conservation Outcomes? : Empirical Evidence from West Bengal, India	2023	25	.pdf	application/pdf	8202	420	45	There are three categories of forest rights that the eligible parties can claim: (1) individual rights to forest land for self-cultivation and habitation; (2) community rights of ownership, collection, and use of traditionally collected non-timber forest produce as well as other customary community rights; and (3) community forest resource (CFR) rights, which establish legitimate community-based forest governance (Ministry of Tribal Affairs 2006; Lee and Wolf 2018). It aimed to bring 33% of the total geographical area of the country under forest cover National Commission on Agriculture, 1976 Emphasis on meeting the requirements of forest-based industries through commercial forestry following a scientific approach to growing trees Forest Conservation Act, 1980 Minimize deforestation and conserve biodiversity and wildlife Indian Forest Policy, 1988 Recognition of the participation of local forest inhabitants in the protection of forest resources Joint Forest Management Programme, 1990 Adoption of forest department and community- based joint forest management Forest Rights Act, 2006 Devolution of forest rights to ST forest peoples and other traditional forest dwellers Source: Authors There is a large body of literature on the variables that might explicate the differential outcomes seen in forest conservation.	cache/ees-709.pdf	txt/ees-709.txt