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Forest Management in Kumaon Himalaya
Struggle of the Marginalised People
Ajay S. Rawat

ISBN : 8173871019 About the Book
Year / Edition : 1999 / First Table of Contents
Pages : 291 About the Author
Size / Format : 8.5" X 5.5" / Hardcover  
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 About the book...

This study is a pioneering work on the history and growth of forestry and its impact on the marginalized population. It discusses the environmentalism of the poor and their assertion to manage and use their resource base. The book is of contemporary concern and deals with an area which is extremely important from the ecological poit of view. It is targeted at a broad audience and speaks of forestry and its impact on the marginalized population like tribals, the forest dwellers and the rural women. The author has highlighted issues like integrated watershed management, the importance of micro-watersheds as being the smallest unit of development as well as innovations in forestry and the role of non-governmental organizations in the forestry sector. The author has also discussed the strategies for prioritization of biodiversity conservation and made a thorough probe into complex issues like human ecology, community and social forestry, the history of deforestation and illicit timber trade and forest fires, the root causes of deforestation. He has not only discussed and made a delve into the problems but has also suggested remedial measures.

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 Table of contents...

Foreword
Preface
1. Kumaon Himalaya: An Introduction
2. History and Growth of Forestry in Kumaon Himalaya (1815-1947)
3. Illicit Timber Trade in Sub-Himalayan Kumaon
4. Deforestation and its Impact on the Forest Dwellers of Sub-Himalayan Tarai
5. Deforestation in the Lesser Himalaya and its Impact on Peasant Women and Van Rajis
6. Community Forestry and Van Panchayats in Kumaon Hills
7. Biodiversity Conservation in Kumaon Himalaya: A People’s View Point
8. Watershed Management in Kumaon Himalaya
9. Social Forestry in Sub-Himalayan Tarai
10. Forest Fires in Kumaon: People’s Perception
11. Innovations in Forestry: The CHEA Project
Select Bibliography
Index

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 About the author...
Dr. Ajay Singh Rawat is Head, History Department, Kumaon University, Nainital. He has done pioneering work on forest and environmental history in India. He has achieved international acclaim in the field of academics and has been appointed as World Chairman of Tropical Forest History by the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO), Vienna. He is an Advisor, Himalayan Action Research Centre, Dehradun; Advisor, Himalaya Paryavaran, Darjeeling; Member, National Board of Governors, Research and Extension Association for Conservation, Horticulture and Agro-forestry, New Delhi. He is a consultant for the World Bank Project on Joint Forest Management in Uttar Pradesh.

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