Man in the Forest : Local Knowledge and Sustainable Management of Forests and Natural Resources

Contents: Preface. 1. The meaning of indigenous knowledge in the use and management of renewable natural resources/Klaus Seeland and Franz Schmithusen. 2. The socio-cultural and political context of sustainable forestry practices/Franz Schmithusen. 3. What is indigenous knowledge and why does it matter today?/Klaus Seeland. 4. Explorations into the conservation of indigenous knowledge for resource management in India/ Sonja B. Brodt. 5. Eco-diversity and indigenous knowledge of forests/ Nityananda Patnaik. 6. People's perception and indigenous knowledge of land resources conservation in Rajasthan/Laj Pal Bharara. 7. Conflicts, resolution and institutions in forest resources management: experiences from the traditional mountain communities of Arunachal Pradesh/Ruchi Pant. 8. Indigenous knowledge in traditional modes of forest and tree management in the Central Himalaya, India/N.P. Melkania. 9. Natural resource management and the role of local knowledge in the Western Himalayas/Sudha Vasan. 10. Man's relationship with forest-deification of trees and plants/ Harish Chandra Das. 11. Forests and tribal economy/Shashi Kant. 12. Forest and tribal sacred complex - a comparison of three tribes of Orissa/Mihir Kumar Jena. 13. Forests, tribes and resources/Sricharan Behera. 14. Symbolic representation of being in the sacred art of the Saora of Orissa/ Padmini Pathi. 15. Folk medicines and plants used by tribals of Phulbani and Koraput districts of Orissa and their future/Kamala Kumari Patnaik. 16.Trees of timber and trees for the forest - aspects of. 372 pp.…