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- Title
Perception of local people towards conservation of forest resources in Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, north-western Himalaya, India.
- Authors
Silori, Chandra Shekhar
- Abstract
This article examines the perception of the Bhotiya tribal community on the use and conservation of natural resources in Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve (NDBR), north-western Himalaya in India with an objective of identifying the bottlenecks in the sustainable management of forest resources of NDBR through people's participation. Despite, 85% of the respondents supporting the concept of conservation of forest resources, management decisions such as ban on mountaineering activities by creation of the Nanda Devi National Park (NDNP) in 1982 and NDBR in 1988, developed negative attitude among local people towards NDBR management, mainly because of restricted access to the forest resources for their livelihood. Promotion of some alternative income generating activities to reduce the dependence on natural resources was responded positively by the local people.
- Subjects
HIMALAYA Mountains Region; INDIA; ATTITUDE (Psychology); INDIGENOUS peoples; CONSERVATION of natural resources; RESOURCE management; SUSTAINABLE development; FORESTS &; forestry; NANDA Devi Biosphere Reserve (India); MOUNTAIN environmental conditions
- Publication
Biodiversity & Conservation, 2007, Vol 16, Issue 1, p211
- ISSN
0960-3115
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10531-006-9116-8