Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra shows what granting of community rights over forest produce can do to the lives of poor tribal people. And this was done after bamboo was re-classified as a 'grass' or 'minor forest produce'.
After this is the time to provide training for making of bamboo craft. This would add to the value and give more money to the poor. In Jharkhand and some other places too special training on bamboo craft is in full swing. (Read "Bamboo Craft Training for Tribal Women" http://bharatmahan.in/gaurav-varnan/bamboo-craft-training-tribal-women-68 ) It should be taken up on priority and in states where bamboos are grown in abundance many training centres should be opened and efforts made that this reaches to more and more people.
Read the article by Vivek Deshpande in Indian Express titled A Bamboo Revolution....
