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OverviewThe forest sector in India is currently going through an unprecedented churning. Every dimension of forest-related decision-making, including rights of local communities, conversion of forests to non-forest uses and setting aside forests for wildlife conservation, has become the subject of intense scrutiny, debate and change. The involvement of multiple actors, from local communities to the Supreme Court, marks a shift in the discourse from forest management to forest governance. Questions of forest rights, responsibilities, regulatory structures, transparency and accountability have increasingly become central to the discourse. The need to democratize all these components of forest governance is being repeatedly articulated. This book highlights this shift in the discourse and analyses the complex issues involved in bringing about democratic governance of forests in India. The essays in this book review developments over the last two decades along four dimensions: forests for local management, forests for wildlife conservation, conversion to non-forest purposes, and the wider socio-economic context and how it poses challenges to the idea of democratic governance. The themes range from the relevance of the Joint Forest Management programme, the contribution of the Forest Rights Act, the complexities of the Godavarman case and the changes in the Wildlife Act to challenges posed by shifting cultivation, scientific versus traditional knowledge, and the effect of economic growth on forest dependence. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sharachchandra Lele (, Senior Fellow, Centre for Environment and Development, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bengaluru) , Ajit Menon (, Associate Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies)Publisher: OUP India Imprint: OUP India Dimensions: Width: 14.70cm , Height: 3.70cm , Length: 22.30cm Weight: 0.652kg ISBN: 9780198099123ISBN 10: 0198099126 Pages: 424 Publication Date: 02 October 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Forest Governance beyond Joint Forest Management, Godavarman, and Tigers, Sharachchandra Lele and Ajit Menon I: Governing Forests Prioritized for Local Use 1. What Is Wrong with Joint Forest Management?, Sharachchandra Lele 2. Adivasis, Pastoralists, and Forest Governance: Challenges and Opportunities, Sagari R. Ramdas 3. Undoing Historical Injustice: Reclaiming Citizenship Rights and Democratic Forest Governance through the FRA, Madhu Sarin II: Governing Forests Prioritized for Conservation 4. Views from the Podu: Approaches for a Democratic Ecology of India's Forests, Nitin D. Rai 5. Changing Paradigms in Wildlife Conservation in India, Neema Pathak Broome, Shiba Desor, Ashish Kothari, and Arshiya Bose III: Governing the Forest-Non-forest Boundary 6. The Making of Forest (Re)Publics: Popular Engagement with Official Decision-making on Forest Conversions, Kanchi Kohli and Manju Menon 7. Boundaries of Forest Lands: The Godavarman Case and Beyond, Shomona Khanna IV: Some Cross-cutting Issues 8. Erasing the Swiddens: Shifting Cultivation, Land and Forest Rights in Odisha, Kundan Kumar 9. The Forest Rights Act, Northeast India, and Shifting Cultivators: A Commentary, Dhrupad Choudhury 10. Of Rights and Regeneration: The Politics of Governing Forest and Non-forest Commons, Prakash Kashwan and Viren Lobo 11. The Commons and Rural Livelihoods: Shifting Dependencies and Supra-local Pressures, Ajit Menon, Viren Lobo, and Sharachchandra Lele Epilogue Index About the Editors and ContributorsReviewsAuthor InformationSharachchandra Lele is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Environment and Development, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bengaluru. Ajit Menon is Associate Professor at the Madras Institute of Development Studies. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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