Conservation Landscapes and Human Well-Being - Sustainable Development in the Eastern Himalayas

The Himalayas are said to be the youngest mountain ranges in the world. This book studies the well-being of the eastern Himalayan forest-dwellers in terms of their capabilities and functioning. Using Amartya Sen’s and Martha Nussbaum’s Capabilities Approach, it examines the educational and health opportunities and substantial freedoms afforded to farmers and pastoralists living and working in the Senchal and Singalila Protected Areas of North Bengal, India. It also discusses the challenges and potential of the Forest Rights Act as a well-being delivery mechanism. The book adopts a comparative narrative of socio-ecological information generated from interviews, ecological field methods, remote sensing and participatory rural appraisals to provide insight on human development in conservation contexts. This volume will be of interest to students and researchers of conservation biology, development studies, socio-ecological systems studies, political ecology, human development index, ecological economics, environmental sociology, and South Asian studies. It will also be useful to policy-makers and NGOs in the conservation and livelihoods sector.

General

Imprint:	Routledge India
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Transition in Northeastern India
Release date:	September 2023
First published:	2021
Editors:	Siddhartha Krishnan
Associate editors:	Soubadra Devy • Neha Mohanty
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Pages:	160
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-53884-2
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	0-367-53884-9
Barcode:	9780367538842

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