A political ecology of forest conservation in India : communities, wildlife, and the state

Sen, Amrita (2021) A political ecology of forest conservation in India : communities, wildlife, and the state. Routledge, London, pp. 39-77. ISBN 9781003007852

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Abstract

An ethnography of the two villages—Emilibari and Patharpara—enables an understanding of social structures being shaped by institutional approaches to forest conservation—ways in which people mediate across multiple political scales, for their survival amidst ecologically prioritized landscapes. It also provides an account of the anxieties associated with inhabiting an endangered and rapidly eroding landscape. A sociality, largely comprising of diverse imaginations about the forest makes visible ongoing contestations within social groups and reveals a deeper and transformative understanding of forest communities as associated to nature. How do these dominant transforming trends within forest-based lifeworlds unfold? What events lead to considering political actions as viable strategies of living in a vulnerable geopolitical landscape? This chapter provides an account of these dimensions as instrumental in understanding lived spaces amidst vulnerable ecologies.

Item Type:	Book
Authors:	Sen, Amrita
Document Language:	Language English
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Area Studies, Environment & Agriculture, Environment and Sustainability, Geography, Global Development, Politics & International Relations, Social Sciences
Subjects:	Social sciences > Sociology & anthropology > Communities > Planning and development Social sciences > Sociology & anthropology > Communities > Planning and development > Development > Urban development Social sciences > Sociology & anthropology > Communities > Specific kinds of communities
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Arts and Sciences
Full Text Status:	None
Related URLs:	Library OPAC
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/7078
Publisher URL:	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003007852

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