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Livelihood Strategies in Southern India

Conservation and Poverty Reduction in Forest Fringes

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Editors:
  1. Seema Purushothaman

    1. Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India

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  2. Rosa Abraham

    1. Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India

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  • Focuses on forest communities in southern India, who have been largely ignored in the academic and policy arena

  • Illustrates the application of a variety of assessment tools, from qualitative narratives to quantitative evaluations

  • Provides direction to policies to address the multiple challenges faced by forest communities

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Reconciling Conservation and Livelihoods in the Forest Fringes: An Introduction

    • Seema Purushothaman, Rosa Abraham
    Pages 1-17

  3. Changing Livelihood Strategies: The Experience of the Valaiyars of Karandhai Malai, Tamil Nadu

    • Kanmani Venkateswaran, Siddhartha Krishnan, Poosanavel Saravanan, M. C. Kiran, S. C. Gladwin Joseph
    Pages 19-31

  4. Distinct Livelihood Patterns Among Communities: The Case of Kanakapura, Karnataka

    • A. Kavitha, S. C. Gladwin Joseph, Nitin D. Rai, Rosa Abraham
    Pages 33-48

  5. Diversity as a Livelihood Strategy Near Mudumalai, Tamil Nadu: An Inquiry

    • Tarsh Thekaekara, Nishita Vasanth, Thomas F. Thornton
    Pages 49-69

  6. Community-Driven Ecotourism Near Bangalore: Adapting to Change

    • Priya Gupta, Seema Purushothaman, Benson Issac, Akai Mao
    Pages 71-87

  7. Conservation and Coffee Production: Creating Synergies in Kodagu, Karnataka

    • Rosa Abraham, Seema Purushothaman, Soubadra Devy
    Pages 89-107

  8. Rural Collectives for Livelihoods and Conservation: Lessons from Malè Mahadeswara Hills, Karnataka

    • B. Dhanya, Seema Purushothaman, Sheetal Patil
    Pages 109-133

  9. Village Commons, Livelihoods and Governance: An Assessment of Karnataka’s Experience

    • Sharachchandra Lele, Seema Purushothaman, Sham Kashyap
    Pages 135-156

  10. Land-Use Practices and Regulations to Reduce Poverty: Lessons from Anaikatty, Tamil Nadu

    • Seema Purushothaman, Sheetal Patil
    Pages 157-174

  11. Economic Instruments to Reconcile Conservation and Livelihoods: Analysing the Potential for Bamboo in Karnataka

    • Sheetal Patil, Seema Purushothaman, Elisabeth Gsottbauer
    Pages 175-187

  12. Institutions for Sustainable Livelihoods in the Forest Fringes: Towards Integration

    • Seema Purushothaman, Neha Ambastha
    Pages 189-207

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 209-217
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About this book

​This volume is a compilation of essays that focus on livelihood issues faced by forest communities of the southern Western Ghats region of India. Communities living along the fringes of forests are, more often than not, overlooked in academic and policy discussions. However, they face considerable pressures, being sandwiched between conservation endeavours and the forces of urbanization and commercialization. The chapters in this book provide an insight into the kinds of livelihood issues these communities face and the potential means that can be adopted to sustain these livelihoods. This volume provides a unique alternative perspective by locating livelihood issues within socio-ecological-economic narratives of communities living at the intersection of the three southern Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, and suggests directions for policies to address these challenges.  

Editors and Affiliations

  • Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India

    Seema Purushothaman

  • Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India

    Rosa Abraham

About the editors

Seema Purushothaman is Professor, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, India. She was previously a Fellow of the Land, Water and Livelihoods Programme at the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bengaluru.

Rosa Abraham is pursuing her PhD at the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru, India. She was earlier with ATREE as a senior research associate.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Livelihood Strategies in Southern India

  • Book Subtitle: Conservation and Poverty Reduction in Forest Fringes

  • Editors: Seema Purushothaman, Rosa Abraham

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1626-1

  • Publisher: Springer New Delhi

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer India 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-81-322-1625-4Published: 17 December 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-81-322-3473-9Published: 17 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-81-322-1626-1Published: 04 December 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 217

  • Number of Illustrations: 57 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Social Work, Sustainable Development, Environmental Economics

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