Indigenous Forest Management In the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Title | Indigenous Forest Management In the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India PDF eBook |
Author | Kavita Arora |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 229 |
Release | 2018-11-07 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 3030000338 |
This book offers an extensive study of indigenous communities in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, and their methods of forest conservation, along with an exploration of the impact of forestry operations in the islands and the wide scale damage they have incurred on both the land and the people. Through an in-depth analysis of the contrasting indigenous practices and governmental forestry schemes, the author has compared the modern ‘Joint Forest Management’ resolution with the ethos and practices of the indigenous people of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Throughout the book, readers will learn about the different indigenous communities inhabiting these islands and the treasure of knowledge each of them provide on forest conservation. The book establishes that the notion of knowledge is politicized by the dominant culture in the context of Andaman’s forest tribes, and traces how this denial of the existence of indigenous knowledge by government officials has led to reduced forest area in the region. The book also explores and analyses strategies to utilize and conserve the tribes' profound knowledge of the biodiversity of the islands and study their efforts towards forest conservation, protection and rejuvenation.
Troubled Islands
Title | Troubled Islands PDF eBook |
Author | Pankaj Sekhsaria |
Publisher | |
Pages | 118 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Andaman Islands (India) |
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Urban Green Space, Health Economics and Air Pollution in Delhi
Title | Urban Green Space, Health Economics and Air Pollution in Delhi PDF eBook |
Author | Swati Rajput |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 193 |
Release | 2021-03-29 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1000373401 |
This book looks at the ecological stress on cities and engages with challenges of reducing vulnerabilities and risks of pollution on the health, well-being and livelihoods of people living in developing countries. Cities are the world’s highest energy consumers and the biggest producers of toxic wastes and pollutants. With an emphasis on the environmental issues facing the city of Delhi, the volume focuses on steps to preserve and manage the city’s urban green spaces. It explores the concept of urban green spaces and their economic, social, health, and psychological significance in cities. Drawing from their fieldwork and research in Delhi, the authors identify the sources of pollution in the city and access the role of urban green spaces in countering adverse effects. They further examine the relationship between green spaces and social and economic development, urban health, and urban governance. They highlight the good practices followed by other global cities. The volume also offers suggestions and policy recommendations to reverse and recover ecological balance in cities. This book will be of interest to students and researchers of environment and ecology, public health, urban planning and governance, development studies, urban geography, urban sociology, resource management and health economics. It will also be useful for policy makers, and NGOs working in the areas of sustainability, urban planning and management and environmental preservation.
Indigenous People and Nature
Title | Indigenous People and Nature PDF eBook |
Author | Uday Chatterjee |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 640 |
Release | 2022-04-08 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 032391604X |
Indigenous People and Nature: Insights for Social, Ecological, and Technological Sustainability examines today's environmental challenges in light of traditional knowledge, linking insights from geography, population, and environment from a wide range of regions around the globe. Organized in four parts, the book describes the foundations of human geography and its current research challenges, the intersections between environment and cultural diversity, addressing various type of ecosystem services and their interaction with the environment, the impacts of sustainability practices used by indigenous culture on the ecosystem, and conservation ecology and environment management. Using theoretical and applied insights from local communities around the world, this book helps geographers, demographers, environmentalists, economists, sociologists and urban planners tackle today's environmental problems from new perspectives. - Includes in-depth case studies across different geographic spaces - Contains contributions from a range of young to eminent scholars, researchers and policymakers - Highlights new insights from social science, environmental science and sustainable development - Synthesizes research on society, ecology and technology with sustainability, all in a single resource
Dilemma of Development among the Onge of Andaman
Title | Dilemma of Development among the Onge of Andaman PDF eBook |
Author | Dipali Danda |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 236 |
Release | 2021-11-11 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1000486079 |
The Onge of Little Andaman, one of the surviving important Negrito communities in the world, have a very small static population since last four decades. There have been several critical issues pertaining to adopting the induced changes in their habitat and economy. The volume presents detailed documentation and in-depth analysis of the situation and concerns related to their survival. The volume is the outcome of a prolonged field investigation and research presented in the form of analytical and development ethnography with ecological, socio-cultural, economic and political perspectives of a dwindling community listed under Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group of India. The Onge have been rather vulnerable toward any option for radical change, they deserve close, careful attention to ward off any untoward impact of change-initiatives. The authors, a team composed of an Anthropologist and a Human Ecologist, have tried to throw light on the degree of agreements between the induced change programmes and the peoples’ age-old survival strategy. The depth of the authors’ intimate interaction with the people, their ecology, cultural niche, psychology, economy, and in a way the livelihood as such, presents a flavour hitherto unknown. The volume is remarkably enriched with good number of rare photographs along with important maps, charts and illustrations. This work is an invaluable record for reviewing and revising process and outcome of the long continued welfare programme before further such application on the remaining groups in the archipelago. The local and global level researchers, teachers and planners, interested in foraging tribal population and issues related to their welfare, development, etc., will certainly find this volume extremely useful. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Forests of Andaman Islands
Title | Forests of Andaman Islands PDF eBook |
Author | P. Devaraj |
Publisher | |
Pages | 426 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN |
This book covers general introduction and distribution of rain forests of the world, History of Andamans,Introduction of forests of Andaman, its management, Components of rain forests, Buttresses, Dipterocarps, Flora and Fauna, Timber harvesting and hauling using elephants, Sanctuaries and National Parks, Biosphere, Wetlands Management, Mangroves, corals and coastal zone management, And other topics of botanical importance.
Studying Indigenous Forest Management Systems in Nepal
Title | Studying Indigenous Forest Management Systems in Nepal PDF eBook |
Author | R. J. Fisher |
Publisher | |
Pages | 42 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Forest management |
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