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Forest Degradation and the Rural Livelihood in Odisha, India: The study of Forest and its importance - Couverture souple

Das, Sanjukta; Bhol, Ajaya Kumar

 
9783659952500: Forest Degradation and the Rural Livelihood in Odisha, India: The study of Forest and its importance

Synopsis

Economic development, in general, reduces the size and the quality of forest which is commonly known as forest degradation. Most of the developing countries are suffering from this problem of forest degradation. Odisha, one of the poorest States in India having large forest area (top 5th in the country) also has experienced the same. This book analyses the extent of forest degradation in Odisha over time taking inter-State and inter-District data. It finds the shrinkage of forest area in the 1980s and 1990s substantially, though during the last fifteen years there is improvement in the situation. Conducting a micro study it also examines the role of forest in the livelihood of the people staying in the neighbourhood of forest.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Economic development, in general, reduces the size and the quality of forest which is commonly known as forest degradation. Most of the developing countries are suffering from this problem of forest degradation. Odisha, one of the poorest States in India having large forest area (top 5th in the country) also has experienced the same. This book analyses the extent of forest degradation in Odisha over time taking inter-State and inter-District data. It finds the shrinkage of forest area in the 1980s and 1990s substantially, though during the last fifteen years there is improvement in the situation. Conducting a micro study it also examines the role of forest in the livelihood of the people staying in the neighbourhood of forest.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr. Sanjukta Das is working as the Head of the Department of Economics, Sambalpur University. Her area of research is Social Sector Development and Human Development. She has published her papers in journals like 'Journal of Social and Economic Development', FTR, JHM. Ajaya Ku.Bhol is working in St. Xavier Senior Secondary School,Bilaspur.

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