Community-based Biodiversity Conservation in the Himalayas
Title | Community-based Biodiversity Conservation in the Himalayas PDF eBook |
Author | Yogesh Gokhale |
Publisher | The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) |
Pages | 177 |
Release | 2011-01-01 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 8179934039 |
Conservation of biodiversity by local communities has been part of the social system in the Himalayas. A variety of ecosystems are conserved traditionally by local communities. These communities are fully aware of the relationship between protecting the nature and getting ecosystem goods and services. The van panchayat system in Uttarakhand and sacred natural sites all over the Himalayas suggest a mix of the institutions in the region. Globally, community conserved areas (CCAs) are gaining importance. Biodiversity Heritage Sites, Community Reserves, and Conservation Reserves are the new institutional legal provisions that recognize the efforts of local communities in biodiversity conservation in India. The present volume highlights the importance of the existing systems in terms of their role in biodiversity conservation with community participation and suggests ways to enhance community-based biodiversity conservation in light of the emerging policy provisions. It would serve as an important reference for a wide range of stakeholders, from policy-makers to environmentalists, biodiversity experts, development practitioners, academicians, and researchers.
Biodiversity Conservation Through Community Based Natural Resource Management
Title | Biodiversity Conservation Through Community Based Natural Resource Management PDF eBook |
Author | Prasana K. Samal |
Publisher | |
Pages | 64 |
Release | 2013 |
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Changing Perspectives of Biodiversity Status in the Himalaya
Title | Changing Perspectives of Biodiversity Status in the Himalaya PDF eBook |
Author | G. S. Gujral |
Publisher | |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Biodiversity |
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Himalayan Biodiversity in the Changing World
Title | Himalayan Biodiversity in the Changing World PDF eBook |
Author | Pavel Kindlmann |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 231 |
Release | 2011-09-18 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9400718020 |
This book presents some results on selected taxa in the Himalayan region (mainly Nepal), pinpoints the threats to their survival and suggests ways how to avoid their extinction. Most chapters are based on graduate research projects – relatively long-term field studies. The data presented here can be a good source of updated information on the subject and will prove to be a very useful reference in future studies of Himalayan biodiversity. They also tend to pinpoint the existing gaps in our knowledge of this region. All the chapters are based on recent trends of biodiversity and conservation vision, so the book can be a potential alternative to the existing relatively older books with outdated vision and information. Its main goal, however, is to disseminate the information about biodiversity conservation problems in the Himalayan region among the people in the developed world.
Ecoregion-based Conservation in the Eastern Himalaya
Title | Ecoregion-based Conservation in the Eastern Himalaya PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Biodiversity conservation |
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Forests and People
Title | Forests and People PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Sikor |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2012-05-23 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 1136342842 |
A human rights-based agenda has received significant attention in writings on general development policy, but less so in forestry. Forests and People presents a comprehensive analysis of the rights-based agenda in forestry, connecting it with existing work on tenure reform, governance rights and cultural rights. As the editors note in their introduction, the attention to rights in forestry differs from 'rights-based approaches' in international development and other natural resource fields in three critical ways. First, redistribution is a central demand of activists in forestry but not in other fields. Many forest rights activists call for not only the redirection of forest benefits but also the redistribution of forest tenure to redress historical inequalities. Second, the rights agenda in forestry emerges from numerous grassroots initiatives, setting forest-related human rights apart from approaches that derive legitimacy from transnational human rights norms and are driven by international and national organizations. Third, forest rights activists attend to individual as well as peoples' collective rights whereas approaches in other fields tend to emphasize one or the other set of rights. Forests and People is a timely response to the challenges that remain for advocates as new trends and initiatives, such as market-based governance, REDD, and a rush to biofuels, can sometimes seem at odds with the gains from what has been a two decade expansion of forest peoples' rights. It explores the implications of these forces, and generates new insights on forest governance for scholars and provides strategic guidance for activists.
The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment
Title | The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment PDF eBook |
Author | Philippus Wester |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 627 |
Release | 2019-01-04 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3319922882 |
This open access volume is the first comprehensive assessment of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region. It comprises important scientific research on the social, economic, and environmental pillars of sustainable mountain development and will serve as a basis for evidence-based decision-making to safeguard the environment and advance people’s well-being. The compiled content is based on the collective knowledge of over 300 leading researchers, experts and policymakers, brought together by the Hindu Kush Himalayan Monitoring and Assessment Programme (HIMAP) under the coordination of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). This assessment was conducted between 2013 and 2017 as the first of a series of monitoring and assessment reports, under the guidance of the HIMAP Steering Committee: Eklabya Sharma (ICIMOD), Atiq Raman (Bangladesh), Yuba Raj Khatiwada (Nepal), Linxiu Zhang (China), Surendra Pratap Singh (India), Tandong Yao (China) and David Molden (ICIMOD and Chair of the HIMAP SC). This First HKH Assessment Report consists of 16 chapters, which comprehensively assess the current state of knowledge of the HKH region, increase the understanding of various drivers of change and their impacts, address critical data gaps and develop a set of evidence-based and actionable policy solutions and recommendations. These are linked to nine mountain priorities for the mountains and people of the HKH consistent with the Sustainable Development Goals. This book is a must-read for policy makers, academics and students interested in this important region and an essentially important resource for contributors to global assessments such as the IPCC reports.