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Policy Analysis and Planning Unit: Making Policy That Works - Participatory Policy Formulation Process in HP Forest Sector, Sushil Kapta, Policy, Analysis and Planning Unit.

The consultation process and discussions during the participatory policy formulation process make the stakeholders feel responsible to be part of such an initiative. Some important suggestions that emerged from consultations are that land tenure issues need to be addressed clearly by forest policy and law, particularly in regard to the links between tenure and participative planning and management. Land tenure policies should include long term, inheritable tenure in common land as well as redistributed land. Strategies for extension services should be explicitly focused on building existing practices in natural resource management. Monitoring is important for sustainable harvesting of forest and woodland products such as fruits and medicinal herbs. It emerged also from the consultations that were held, that a major contributor to over-exploitation of forests and woodlands is the under valuing and under pricing of forest products and the new forest policy should ensure the evaluation of product pricing. There is dire need for educating and informing farmers and other land users and managers and communities about policies, options and procedures for managing natural forests and woodlands. Apart from suggestions that emerged from consultations the study lays down the salient features of the new forest policy. 

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