Land Use

The policy discourse on management of protected areas (PAs) has come a long way from purely conservationist strategies to participatory approaches. In between these two there is a wide range of options that combine different elements of resource sharing, market regulation and privatization.

Publication Date:

01/01/2004

Author(s): Amita Shah

Source: Gujarat Institute of Development Research

Tags:

Grazing Lands, Land Use, Livestock, Irrigation, Tribals, Wildlife, Lion, Protected Area Conservation, Gir NP, People - Animal Conflicts, Benefit Sharing, India, Gujarat

Environment

Forests and wildlife statistics India 2004

The Ministry of of Environment and Forests had been bringing out forest statistics based on the data received from the States/UTs. Efforts have been made in the Ministry in obtaining and compiling the data from the States/UTs on important parameters relating to forestry and wildlife and bringing it out in the form of a compilation "Forests and wildlife statistics, India 2004".

Publication Date:

Dec 2003

Source: Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)

Tags:

Forests, Land Use, Wastelands, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Forest Products, Wildlife, Elephant, National Parks, Sanctuaries, Biosphere Reserves, Tiger Reserves, India, Statistics

Forests

Colonial commercial forest policy and tribal private forests in Madras Presidency: 1792-1881

The article attempts to highlight the colonial commercial forest policy vis-

Publication Date:

01/12/2003

Author(s): Velayutham Saravanan

Source: Indian Economic and Social History Review

Vol:

40

Issue:

4

pp:

403

Tags:

Forests, Land Use, Forest Policy, Forest Encroachments, Tribals, History, Tamil Nadu, Salem (D), Statistics

India

Don t let the carbon go

Be careful how land use and land cover changes

Publication Date:

14/11/2003

Author(s): Purnima Sharma

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20031115

pp:

0

Tags:

Ecosystems, Land Use, Soil Erosion, Forest Resources, Carbon Dioxide, Global Warming, Carbon Sinks, Sikkim

Wildlife

Bridging the gap: sharing responsibility for ecological restoration and wildlife conservation on private lands in Western Ghat

A major conservation issue, particularly in the tropics, is habitat loss and fragmentation due to developmental activities and increasing human populations.

Publication Date:

01/06/2003

Author(s): T. R. Shankar Raman, Divya Mudappa

Source: Social Change

Vol:

33

Issue:

2

pp:

129

Tags:

Land Use, Western Ghats, Deforestation, Wildlife, Wildlife Management, Wildlife And People, India, Tamil Nadu

Wildlife

Bridging the gap: Sharing responsibility for ecological restoration

A major conservation issue, particularly in the tropics, is habitat loss and fragmentation due to developmental activities and increasing human populations.

Publication Date:

01/06/2003

Author(s): T. R. Shankar Raman, Divya Mudappa

Source: Social Change

Vol:

33

Issue:

2

pp:

129

Tags:

Western Ghats, Wildlife, Tropical Forests, Plantation Crops, Tea, Coffee, Eucalyptus, Anamalai Hills, Elephant, Indira Gandhi (Anamalai) SA, Forest Conservation, Land Use, Protected Area Conservation

Wildlife

Forest fragmentation and Asian elephants-Conservation and conflict in the Valparai plateau, Anamalai hills, India

The Anamalai, a hill range in southern India named after the Asian elephant Elephas maximus, contains the second largest population of this endangered flagship species in India. Within this region lies the Valparai plateau, a 200 km

Publication Date:

01/04/2002

Author(s): T. R. Shankar Raman, Divya Mudappa, M. Ananda Kumar & et al

Source: Nature Conservation Foundation

Tags:

Land Use, Plantation Crops, Wildlife, Elephant, Indira Gandhi (Anamalai) SA, People - Animal Conflicts, Tamil Nadu

Climate Change