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Sonak, Sangeeta M.

 
9789400772014: Khazan Ecosystems of Goa: Building on Indigenous Solutions to Cope With Global Environmental Change

Synopsis

Indigenous traditional knowledge and Global Environmental Change.- An introduction to Goa and Khazan ecosystems.- Traditional ecological knowledge and environmental sustainability in Khazan.- Management of khazan ecosystems: contested environments, competing interests and changing institutions.- Erosion of indigenous resource base: causes and challenges.- A framework for ecosystem performance, ecological vulnerability, ecosystem valuation and local livelihoods using Khazan example.- Building on indigenous resource management systems: key to finding solutions.

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À propos de l'auteur

Sangeeta Sonak is the Director of the Centre for Environment and Natural Resource Management, Srujan in Panaji, India and a marine biologist with more than twenty years of research experience. Her major focus is on natural resource management aspects, particularly coastal and marine research management. She has co-ordinated and guided several research projects funded by national and international funding agencies, and her areas of interest include human environment interactions, environment management institutions, policy analysis and community based resource management. She has published several articles in international journals, edited two books and a journal special issue, and has been awarded prestigious international fellowships such as a Fulbright Scholarship under Fulbright-Nehru Environmental leadership program (FNELP) at Virginia Tech Institute, USA; a JSPS Fellowship for Senior Scientists by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), and an Erasmus Mundus Fellowship for Visiting Scientists to teach and conduct research at three European universities by the European Commission.

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