Many states in the country have initiated various measures to protect their forest resources. Maharashtra is no exception to this phenomenon. An attempt, therefore, has been made in this paper to examine the extent to which this state is successful in conserving and managing its forest...

Degraded forests account for significant share in total land degradation of the state. The major land degradation is seen due to water erosion, which account for 80-90 per cent of the total land degradation. Apart from land degradation, people's participation and area under Joint Forest...