Himalayan degradation: colonial forestry and environmental change in India / by Dhirendra D Dangwal

By:

Dangwal, Dhirendra D

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Culture and environment of South AsiaPublication details: Cambridge University Press, 2009. New Delhi:Description: xii, 324 pISBN:

9788175966314

Subject(s):

Forestry-India

DDC classification:

333.750954 DAN-H

Contents:

1.Nature and culture in the early nineteenth century-- 2.Scientific forestry , Forest management and environment change.

Summary: Himalayan Degradation, Colonial Forestry and Environmental Change in India questions the recent trend of treating environmental and agrarian concerns as two separate domains. In this aspect, the book goes beyond the existing framework of environmental history that focuses only on the study of state policies and debates over redefining rights and examining protests. The author makes a careful study of the larger rural economy, emphasising the changing significance of pastoralism, trade and foraging in the life of the common people. He links forest degradation and environmental change to socioeconomic transformation.Underlining the centrality of forests and mountain resources to the livelihood and culture of the people of Uttarakhand, the book subjects the notion of sustainable management of forests to close scrutiny.

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1.Nature and culture in the early nineteenth century--
2.Scientific forestry , Forest management and environment change.

Himalayan Degradation, Colonial Forestry and Environmental Change in India questions the recent trend of treating environmental and agrarian concerns as two separate domains. In this aspect, the book goes beyond the existing framework of environmental history that focuses only on the study of state policies and debates over redefining rights and examining protests. The author makes a careful study of the larger rural economy, emphasising the changing significance of pastoralism, trade and foraging in the life of the common people. He links forest degradation and environmental change to socioeconomic transformation.Underlining the centrality of forests and mountain resources to the livelihood and culture of the people of Uttarakhand, the book subjects the notion of sustainable management of forests to close scrutiny.

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