Community Participation in Natural Resource Management

Dr. G.P. Mishra is former Director of Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow. Earlier he served as lecturer in Economics, Ranchi and Patna universities and also a Fellow (i.d., Associate Professor) in rural Economics Unit, Institute of Social and Economic Change, Banglore. He has published good number of research papers in various academic journals of national and international importance. He has also authored, co-authored and edited a good number of books, some of which are: Some Aspects of Changes in Agrarian Structure 1977; anatomy of Rural Unemployment and Policy Prescriptions 1989; Dynamics of Rural Development in Village India 1982; Regional Structure of Development and Growth in India 1985; Child Labour in Carpet Industry as well as in Glass Industry 1996; Distribution of Surplus Land among Rural Poor 1996; Community Participation in Natural Resource Management 2001 and Land Reforms and Human Development 2005.