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
|
LSN: |
0-367-53884-9 |
Barcode: |
9780367538842 |
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