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126, , their local, acknowledged the ne, communities are require, forest conservation and deve, , forest products and percent S, , ional Forest Policy of 1988 combined with JFM rego},;:, eater rights and authority to community groups. Gide; of Ig, e forest protection committees, village forest ¢ oo ae vil, The JEM guidelines the rights to usu ee S a Villag, t to organized communities. NON-Woga, , resources. The Nat, ed to give gt, d to organiz, lopment societies., hare of final harves, , Village Forest Council, The aim is to reduce the dependence of villagers on forests by alternate income generas, activities, In each management units, the people's representative body called Village Forest Coil, (VFC) is formed. It is involved in the planning and execution of works, protection, harvesting, benefit sharing in the management unit. One male member and one female member from each ho oa, provided that they are willing, are enrolled as its members. Any person who opts out from the me a, of council is not entitled for any benefit. The VFC meets at least once in three months. ae, , eh — elects an executive committee in such a manner that one hamlet elects at least tw, as a oie i te : minimum of 5 and maximum of 15 members to the Executive Committe j, | yat members of the management uni : LO 2, Committee (EC). g unit are co-opted as ex-officio members of the Executive ©, , The membe ae . :, ie (ae as ae Committee elect its President from among themselves. The Fo, for day-to-day ie conciende aa ee ess. The EC is aout, Fund (Vv; ae : meets at least once a m ‘, , und (VFDF) is provided to carry out VFC's activities in the a eT oe Developme, , (a) Memorandum of Understanding:, ke anding: AM 3, Disidat Beis GEC: Coic | ae emorandum of Understanding is signed between the, , (6) VFC finance: A Joint account i, , count in the name of t, , er bank or post office with the President and ee, , of 6 , ames ne (5) Money levied as fines and ee, cf sales: 25 ds i, , sae Sie per cent of sale proceeds realiz, , e Forest Council is opened in a local or, - signatories. The VFDF consisting, pete Or grazing, lopping etc., in the JFM, , in accordance with Memorandum of, , buffer Zone fun, d., , The Village Forest Develo, , : pment Fund created f, , ancillary expendi or the VFC is yt};, , Comme Pe . os " members, organizing income iaanaean any contingent or, oo retary maintains account . N training b ;, are auditeddydtiedaiet Borsa Oftiven anttullly s of the Village Forest ONC, » Which, , (7d) Monitoring, , Benefits of JFM, , (a) Forest protection: VFC plays a main role in the regulati i, the forests. " te ae fires, 7 | Orest fires inside, (b) Opa “id ri of works: The involvement of VFC in micro planning, j, sites a sm on work, choice of species and its direct involve ne ulanon of, maintenance Of accounts have tremendously improved the quality of ae me