CONTENTS:- Chapter 1- The ideology and the urgency Chapter-2 The fundamental components Chapter-3 Some social forestry schemes: Progress and constrains Chapter 4 Experiences of states Chapter-5 The participatory approach Chapter 6 Indifference towards the nature of what should be produced Chapter 7- Panchayats and NGO's in social forestry Development Chapter 8- towards an alternative energy source Ch-9 Benefits from social forestry.