fringe forest user groups and the Forest Department (FD) on the basis of mutual trust and
jointly defined roles and responsibilities with regard to forest protection and development. In
India, JFM was started during 1992 and it was implemented in many states. However
success rate of JFM activity was not promising. Though there are many factors attributed to
the failures, one of the main factors is the JFM site. This paper deals with the significant …