Volume Title: Section 1. Natural resources management; Section 2. Biodiversity and ecosystems; Section 3. Traditional farming and its management; Section 4. Conservation and sustainable development.
The rich biological diversity in the hotspot region of the Indian Eastern Himalaya has been degraded due to various human activities (e.g. shifting agriculture, commercial logging) and also due to frequent landslides in the hills and floods in the valleys. In this region, most forested lands are owned by indigenous people, but lack authentic policies for land use and landholding. The resource management patterns vary among the tribal groups and have a tremendous ...
