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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.
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.
Forest canopies not only support high terrestrial biodiversity but
also represent a critical interface between the atmosphere and the
earth. They provide goods and services to support diverse human
communities and offer opportunities to explore sustainable use of
these resources for many generations of local livelihoods. Forest
canopies are important carbon sequestration units, and in this
sense, serve as climate control for the planet. Canopies are
important energy production centers for the planet, and serve as
the basis for many food chains. The canopy can also act as a hook
for education outreach and conservation, inspiring ecotourism
through recreation and other sustainable uses such as treetop
walks, zip lines, and birding. Despite these critical services
provided by forest canopies, almost no dedicated research in the
treetops was initiated until as recently as the late 1970s when
single rope techniques were developed by mountaineering
professionals and adapted for use in the canopy. Subsequently, an
array of canopy access tools was designed in the 1980s and early
1990s that have opened up this "eighth continent" for global
exploration and discovery. This volume uses the major findings of
the 5th international canopy conference as a platform for
organization, but it does not mimic the sessions and presentations
of the conference itself. Instead, it builds on the important
themes that emerged from the conference and solicits articles that
represent future priorities and advancements for canopy science in
the next decade. Despite the global efforts of hundreds of forest
scientists over the past 3 decades, forests are degrading at an
accelerated rate and biodiversity is increasingly threatened by
human activities. Given these trends - despite the very best
efforts of the world's best scientists - other approaches must be
taken. This volume summarizes the issue of "treetops at risk" and
assembles a global authorship to examine past accomplishments and
future initiatives critical in forest conservation.
Forest canopies not only support high terrestrial biodiversity but
also represent a critical interface between the atmosphere and the
earth. They provide goods and services to support diverse human
communities and offer opportunities to explore sustainable use of
these resources for many generations of local livelihoods. Forest
canopies are important carbon sequestration units, and in this
sense, serve as climate control for the planet. Canopies are
important energy production centers for the planet, and serve as
the basis for many food chains. The canopy can also act as a hook
for education outreach and conservation, inspiring ecotourism
through recreation and other sustainable uses such as treetop
walks, zip lines, and birding. Despite these critical services
provided by forest canopies, almost no dedicated research in the
treetops was initiated until as recently as the late 1970s when
single rope techniques were developed by mountaineering
professionals and adapted for use in the canopy. Subsequently, an
array of canopy access tools was designed in the 1980s and early
1990s that have opened up this "eighth continent" for global
exploration and discovery. This volume uses the major findings of
the 5th international canopy conference as a platform for
organization, but it does not mimic the sessions and presentations
of the conference itself. Instead, it builds on the important
themes that emerged from the conference and solicits articles that
represent future priorities and advancements for canopy science in
the next decade. Despite the global efforts of hundreds of forest
scientists over the past 3 decades, forests are degrading at an
accelerated rate and biodiversity is increasingly threatened by
human activities. Given these trends - despite the very best
efforts of the world's best scientists - other approaches must be
taken. This volume summarizes the issue of "treetops at risk" and
assembles a global authorship to examine past accomplishments and
future initiatives critical in forest conservation.
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