HILLS: Old, stable settlement
TERAI: Scattered settlement, more scope for farming
HILLS: Population is homogeneous
TERAI: Heterogeneous population, ethnic diversity
HILLS: Indigenous management practices
TERAI: Limited indigenous practices
HILLS: Widespread access to forests
TERAI: Greatly variable access to forests
HILLS: Farming systems dependent on
TERAI: Farming systems less dependent forests on forests
HILLS: Commercial value of forests
TERAI: Many market opportunities for yet to be realised timber products, hence commercially-valuable trees are cultivated
HILLS: Users' groups can be easily
TERAI: Not easy to identify users' groups identified because of a heterogenous social set-up
Technology Partners: MimirTech
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/hills-vs-terai
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-management
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/joint-forest-management-jfm
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-products
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/public-participation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/governance
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/community-groups
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nepal
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sustainable-development
