: a political ecology of India's northeast Karlsson, B. G. creator B. G. Karlsson. text New York : Berghahn Books, Inc , 2011 monographic eng

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xi, 315 pages : illustrations, maps :24cm. The questions that inspired this study are central to contemporary research within environmental anthropology, political ecology, and environmental history: how does the introduction of a modern, capitalist, resource regime affect the livelihood of indigenous peoples? Can sustainable resource management be achieved in a situation of radical commodification of land and other aspects of nature? Focusing on conflicts relating to forest management, mining, and land rights, the author offers an account of present-day challenges for indigenous people to accommodate aspirations for ethnic.- Chapter 1. Nature and Nation Chapter 2. Elusive Forests Chapter 3. Shifting Land Rights Chapter 4. Mining Matters Chapter 5. Indigenous Governance Chapter 6. Political Ecology at the Frontier / B. G Karlsson. Deforestation Ecology Environmental degradation Ethnoecology India Meghalaya 333.709 KAR 9789394852310 : Zafaa Books & Distributors : 313/56F,Anand Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi-110035 230324 20230324112712.0