Section 21 in The Indian Forest Service (Probationers' Final Examination) Regulations, 2016
21. Forests and People. - (1) People and Forest Interface. - Emerging trends in natural resource management, forest- people interface, concept of common property resources, human population growth or structure and its implications for the natural environment, social development initiatives in India, human development report, overview of rural and tribal development programmes, role of Non-Governmental Organisations, alternative approaches to development, integrated development, eco-development, alternative resource management, systems-privatization, public management, collective management, common property institutions and development.
(2)Gender Analysis. - Gender perceptions in planning, concept of gender based role, needs and priorities in relation to resource, use and management, committee survey methods including the participatory learning methods, gender impact analysis.(3)Social Analysis. - Importance of social perspectives in development work, displacement and resettlement of local communities with respect to creation of protected areas, legal situations, protected areas managers role and responsibility in resettlement, characteristics of an ideal resettlement scheme- what can go wrong and how to forestall these problems, protected areas people mutual influence zone analysis.(4)Participatory Forest Management. - Social forestry programmes, joint forest management- State joint forest management orders: a comparative view, issues and challenges in joint forest management, natural afforestation programmes, forest development agencies, participatory monitoring and evaluation, conflict resolution.
