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The book attempts to identify and highlight various conceptual, legal, institutional issues emerged in the JFM model of joint management of the local forest resource. It discusses perceptions, understanding, practices, customary rights and privileges, cultural practices and indigenous knowledge of different tribes with respect to protection, conservation and management of forests. It focuses various livelihood and food security issues, besides the benefit sharing ...
The book provides valuable insights in to gamut of issues concerning livelihood, food security and poverty of the indigenous population (tribals) dwelling in and around forests. It highlights the role of NTFPs in forest proctection, conservation, management and preservation of biodiversity at the local level for ensuring food sustenance and livelihood of the forest dwellers.
Like most festschrifts, the essays in this volume are not closely connected by a common theme: they cover diverse areas which reflect the varied interests of individual contributors. However, if there is one common thread which runs through these essays, one may call it the political economy of economic reforms and welfarism, and of underdevelopment and social deprivation/exclusion. And this broad theme deals with several perspectives - anthropological, social ...