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Community forestry is a part of social forestry. It involves the raising of trees on community lands with the set objective to provide benefits to the community as a whole. Although the plants and seedlings are provided by the forest departments, the protection of planted trees is primarily the responsibility of the community as a whole.
India has performed superbly in community forestry and stands only next to China in this respect The states in which community forestry is a big success are Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh.