Indigenous Forest Management In the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

• Main Author: Arora, Kavita (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Forestry management.; Ethnology.; Biodiversity.; Environmental management.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Environmental geography.; Forestry Management.; Cultural Anthropology.; Environmental Management.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Environmental Geography.

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 peopl...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter1. Introduction
• Chapter2. Forest Management by Andamanese
• Chapter3. The Nicobarese Tribes and their knowledge
• Chapter4. Notes from the Field
• Chapter5. Indian Forest Administration and People Participation in Forest Management
• Chapter6. Indigenous Knowledge and Intellectual Property Right: A Discussion in the context of Andaman Tribes
• Chapter7. Conclusion.