Showing papers on "Forest produce published in 1992"
TL;DR: A pragmatic, cost-effective approach to conservation of rain forest habitats, centered around protection of nature reserves, with the lion-tailed macaque as a flagship species, as opposed to a strategy based on captive propagation is advocated.
Abstract: A substantial proportion of the wild lion-tailed macaque population occurs in Karnataka State, India. In this paper, problems of protecting the macaques and their habitats are discussed. Fairly large portions of the Karnataka habitat remain available. These are free of large-scale shrinkage in area, but are experiencing deterioration in quality due to pressures from enclaves of human settlements, from developmental projects, and from timber/minor forest produce extraction. Illegal hunting is another threat to the population. A pragmatic, cost-effective approach to conservation of rain forest habitats, centered around protection of nature reserves, with the lion-tailed macaque as a flagship species, as opposed to a strategy based on captive propagation, is advocated.
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TL;DR: For small farmers in dry areas of India, the deterioration of the environment and the social structures are making the struggle for survival more grim every day as discussed by the authors, and the introduction of cash-crops such as oilseeds is a mixed blessing at best, often meaning greater indebtedness to traders.
Abstract: For small farmers in dry areas of India, the deterioration of the environment and the social structures are making the struggle for survival more grim every day. Crop yields decrease. The introduction of cash-crops such as oilseeds is a mixed blessing at best, often meaning greater indebtedness to traders. Those engaging in handicrafts or whose economy depends on the collection of minor forest produce find it difficult to obtain raw material. Forest agencies and Tribal Development Co-operatives set up to break the monopoly of traders, have grown into just such monopolies. Not surprisingly, many a rural person turns into a landless laburer, or is forced to migrate to the city. Grim as the situation is, it is not entirely hopeless, for rural people possess resources that have kept them going in many adverse situations. Group entrepreneurship captures and mobilizes these strengths and can bring rural life back to a state of sustainability; ecologically, economically and socially.This article is based on very...
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