This book examines the relationship between ecology, environment and the sustainable use of natural resources in the course of economic development. It presents findings of a study of two districts in the state of Karnataka which are relevaant for all developing countries.
Through a combination of historical analysis and contemporary field study, the authors argue that the political economy of forest use should not be restricted to the struggle between local interests, wider economic interests, and the state. The study draws attention to the crisis situation in forest utilization and urges that alternative institutional forms be evolved, involving the local people in forest management and regeneration.
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`This is solid and thourough piece of research which should shake up slumbering conscience of a lot of decision-makers not only in India but also leaders in other Third World countries trapped into the expeditious, western-orientated methods of development...' - An Indians Bookworm's Journal
`Scientifically planned, with data painstakingly analysed and whetted at verious seminars inside and outside the country this work becomes essential reading for all those interested or involved in ecology and envirnoment, besides students of economic history, politcal economy and forest managment.' - Financial Express
`Nadkarni's scholarly, objective and illuminating book... separates myths from reality. Based on a case study of two districts in Karnataka, it discusses changes in forest use and management in the state and in India as a whole... the book is particularly valuable is its analysis of the class bias in the local economy itself.' - Hindustan Times
`...this is a fascinating glimpse of the struggle to achieve rational land management in the world's largest democracy' - Journal of Agricultural Economics
`This book contains good historical and class analysis at the local level.... It is a thought-provoking publication and is likely to be widely debated.' - South Asia Research
`... the book takes a multi-disciplinary and political economy approach: examining some fascinating historical material on forest use and making effective use of village household surveys.... The book is particulary well written and organised and should be well within the capacity of advanced under-graduates and postgraduate students of economics, the environment and development.' - South Asia
`This book is a welcome addition to the very scant literature on the political economy of Indian forests. It also symptomises the growing academic interest that social scientists are showing in forests - too long an exclusive domain of biologists and environmentalists...the study brings out many important issues, and is a valuable input to the ongoing global debate.' - Indian Journal of Public Administration
`makes an important contribution....provides interesting and stimulating ideas.' - Global Environmental Change
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978-0-8039-9591-8 (9780803995918)
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Foreword - K R V Rao
PART ONE: THE LOCAL VIS-A-VIS LARGER ECONOMY AND THE STATE - M V Nadkarni
Introduction
Pre-Commercial Stage
Commercialisation -- Initial Stage, Nineteenth Century
Forest Management, Local Impact and Protests -- Early Twentieth Century
Dominance of Industrial Use
Towards an Enlightened Stage?
PART TWO: THE CLASS CHARACTER OF LOCAL ECONOMY AND ITS FOREST DEPENDENCE - M V Nadkarni with Syed Ajmal Pasha and S L Prabhakar
Land Use and Abuse
Arecanut Gardens and their Social Cost
Livestock Economy and its Social Cost
Forest Dependence -- A Total View
PART THREE: CONCLUSION - M V Nadkarni
