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Compares indigenous knowledge with the modern scientific forest management system
Maximizes readers insights into the tribes that inhabit these areas
Critically examines how far the existing regime of intellectual property rights is capable of safeguarding the rights of indigenous people and their knowledge
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book offers an extensive study of indigenous communities in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, and their methods of forest conservation, along with an exploration of the impact of forestry operations in the islands and the wide scale damage they have incurred on both the land and the people. Through an in-depth analysis of the contrasting indigenous practices and governmental forestry schemes, the author has compared the modern ‘Joint Forest Management’ resolution with the ethos and practices of the indigenous people of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Throughout the book, readers will learn about the different indigenous communities inhabiting these islands and the treasure of knowledge each of them provide on forest conservation.
The book establishes that the notion of knowledge is politicized by the dominant culture in the context of Andaman’s forest tribes, and traces how this denial of the existence of indigenous knowledge by government officials has led to reduced forest area in the region. The book also explores and analyses strategies to utilize and conserve the tribes' profound knowledge of the biodiversity of the islands and study their efforts towards forest conservation, protection and rejuvenation.
Keywords
- sustainable forest management
- ethno-botanical knowledge
- Andamanese and Nicobari tribes
- indigenous methods of forest management
- Great Andamani and Jarwas tribes
- Onges and Sentenelese tribes
- cultural ecology
- sustainable management of forests
- Joint Forest Management
- Forestry Management
- Environmental Geography
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Delhi, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, Delhi, India
Kavita Arora
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Indigenous Forest Management In the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Authors: Kavita Arora
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00033-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-00032-5Published: 16 November 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-00033-2Published: 07 November 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 222
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 22 illustrations in colour
Topics: Forestry Management, Cultural Anthropology, Biodiversity, Environmental Management, Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice, Environmental Geography