This policy brief is based on SANDEE working paper no. 36-08, "Economic impacts of changes in hydrological services from forest ecosystems : findings from a low rainfall location in the Western Ghats of India"The study underlines the complex relationship between habitat conservation and agriculture, and highlights the need for environmental policy that takes into account social and economic impacts of decisions. The research examined water availability and its affect on crop choice and productivity, which in turn affects the economic welfare of local people. The study site areas of natural forests have been transformed into monoculture tree plantations, grasslands, and coffee, tea and rubber plantations. For a certain type of irrigation sys...
International audienceDecentralization policies around forest management in developing countries suc...
Rural people in developing countries including India continue to access a number of types of 'forest...
Not AvailableLand-use options that increase resilience and reduce vulnerability of contemporary soc...
The conventional wisdom that ‘more forest is always better’ has dominated policy making in the manag...
Building upon a larger research project at four sites in the Western Ghats of peninsular India, this...
Biotic interference has greatly disturbed the forest cover, the forest soils and, therefore, the hyd...
The success of incorporating natural capital into resource- and land-use decisions hinges on the abi...
Sacred groves are patches of forests of special spiritual significance to humans, offering also a di...
Many environmental benefits result from watershed interventions in the semi-arid tropics. Environmen...
Man’s attempts to intensify the use of natural resources can often result in the exhaustion of the r...
Trees are increasingly grown on-farm to supply wood and biomass needs within developing countries. O...
In recent years India has looked to watershed development as a way to realize its hopes for agricult...
Not AvailableThe agriculture in low rainfall areas of eastern Rajasthan, India is characterized by h...
With India’s large population, an increased pressure on forest and agricultural land indicate a grow...
Forests are considered as a sacred asset in India and have guided the way of living throughout its h...
International audienceDecentralization policies around forest management in developing countries suc...
Rural people in developing countries including India continue to access a number of types of 'forest...
Not AvailableLand-use options that increase resilience and reduce vulnerability of contemporary soc...
The conventional wisdom that ‘more forest is always better’ has dominated policy making in the manag...
Building upon a larger research project at four sites in the Western Ghats of peninsular India, this...
Biotic interference has greatly disturbed the forest cover, the forest soils and, therefore, the hyd...
The success of incorporating natural capital into resource- and land-use decisions hinges on the abi...
Sacred groves are patches of forests of special spiritual significance to humans, offering also a di...
Many environmental benefits result from watershed interventions in the semi-arid tropics. Environmen...
Man’s attempts to intensify the use of natural resources can often result in the exhaustion of the r...
Trees are increasingly grown on-farm to supply wood and biomass needs within developing countries. O...
In recent years India has looked to watershed development as a way to realize its hopes for agricult...
Not AvailableThe agriculture in low rainfall areas of eastern Rajasthan, India is characterized by h...
With India’s large population, an increased pressure on forest and agricultural land indicate a grow...
Forests are considered as a sacred asset in India and have guided the way of living throughout its h...
International audienceDecentralization policies around forest management in developing countries suc...
Rural people in developing countries including India continue to access a number of types of 'forest...
Not AvailableLand-use options that increase resilience and reduce vulnerability of contemporary soc...