- Arabari
Arabari or Arabari Forest Range in full, is the name of a
forest range inWest Midnapore district ofWest Bengal ,India contiguous with theDalma range ofEast Singhbhum ,Jharkhand . The centre of the range is 30 km fromMidnapore town. The predominant tree of the forest issal ("Shorea robusta"). A number of elephants also travel down from the Dalma range into Arabari and often encroach and attack villages in West Midnapore. The forest can be classified as part of theUpper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests . Arabari is notable as being the location of the firstJoint Forest Management scheme in Indian started in 1971.ee also
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Joint Forest Management External links
* [http://www.pcedindia.com/peoplescomm/forest_4a.htm The history of JFM at Arabari]
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