It is important to understand the strong linkage that exists between food security, forest and resource conservation. Studies conducted over a decade in India clearly point to the fact that a majority of people in this country survive within a biomass based subsistence economy.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/criticality-commons-role-forest-food-resource
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/swapnasri-sarangi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/niranjan-sahoo
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/community-forestry
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/common-property-resources
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-resources
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dhenkanal-d
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/minor-forest-produce
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-trade
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-supply
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/statistics
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vegetables
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cse