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Fuel for the Clean Energy Debate – A Study of Fuelwood Collection and Purchase in Rural India
MISHRA, ARABINDA - eSocialSciences - 2009
In many parts of rural India the use of wood for fuel is the cause of significant environmental and health problems …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512492
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The Economic Impact of Forest Hydrological Services on Local Communities: A Case Study from the Western Ghats of India
Menon, Ajit; LELE, SHARACHCHANDRA; Patil, Ishwar; … - eSocialSciences - 2009
Building upon a larger research project at four sites in the Western Ghats of peninsular India, this study examines the … likely impacts of regeneration of a degraded forest catchment on stream flow and the consequent impact on irrigation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005696001
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Firewood Collections and Economic Growth in Rural Nepal 1995-2010: Evidence from a Household Panel
Baland, Jean-Marie; Libois, Francois; Mookherjee, Dilip - eSocialSciences - 2013
A longitudinal household survey from World Bank Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) was used for the study. A relatively small (but representative) sample of households residing in the mountainous regions of Nepal (i.e., excluding the low-lying Terai regions) were surveyed in three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945390
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Poverty and Livelihood among Tribals in Gujarat: Status, Opportunities, and Strategies
Sajitha O.G; Shah, Amita - eSocialSciences - 2009
explores policy options for strengthening their livelihoods through a combination of forest and nonforest based interventions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543114
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Natural Resources and Chronic Poverty in India: A Review of Issues and Evidence
Shah, Amita - eSocialSciences - 2010
escape mechanism in the context of poverty dynamics, especially in a predominantly agrarian economy such as India. The … the interface between natural resources and poverty in India and pleads for better equity and sustainability in resource …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008490268
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Patterns, Processes of Reproduction, and Policy Imperatives for Poverty in Remote Rural Areas: A Case Study of Southern Orissa in India.
Shah, Amita - eSocialSciences - 2008
inequality is one of the important features of poverty in India. Besides inter-regional variations, there also exist a large … significantly high in terms of absolute levels as well as comparative ranking. The state policies in India have a long history of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699139
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Can Tourism be a Vehicle for Conservation? An Investigation from the Mangrove Forests of the Indian Sundarbans
Guha, Indrila; Ghosh, Santadas - eSocialSciences - 2008
The Sundarban National Park is among five Natural World Heritage Sites in India and part of the world’s largest … tourism is augmenting local people’s livelihood and reducing their forest dependence. A SANDEE study asks these questions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699225
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Political Economy of Tribal Development: A Case Study of Andhra Pradesh
Reddy, M. Gopinath; K, Anil Kumar - eSocialSciences - 2011
, both land and non-timber forest produce, push them into deep economic vulnerability. The paper also discusses the … implications of the new act - Forest Right Act, 2006, on the livelihood security of the tribal communities and whether this act …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002270
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Impact of Protection on Forest Quality at Pench Tiger Reserve
Mahajan, M; Sengupta, R; Singh, R B P - eSocialSciences - 2010
the quality of the forest in the Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008676959
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Remoteness and Chronic Poverty in a Forest Region of Southern Orissa: A Tale of Entitlement Failure and State Apathy
Shah, Amita; Nayak, Saroj Kumar; Das, Bipin - eSocialSciences - 2010
regions in India. The analysis is based on both secondary as well as primary data; the later pertain to a sample of households …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008677807