Decentralisation, community participation, support of non-governmental organisations and sustainable rural livelihoods are the key words in development discourse today. The forestry sector in India has not been left untouched. Decentralised community forest management or Joint Forest Management (JFM) is the current paradigm in forestry in India. In view of this, how have forestry institutions (both community-based organisations and State forest departments) geared up to meet the challenge?