Dwindling forest resources and economic vulnerability among tribal communities in a dry/ sub-humid region in India

The paper examines livelihood conditions and explores policy options for mitigating poverty among tribal communities in Gujarat state, which is experiencing rapid economic growth and widening disparities where tribals are the most poor and deprived. While labour force diversification and migration a...

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Published in:Journal of international development 2009-04, Vol.21 (3), p.419-432
Main Authors: Shah, Amita, O.G., Sajitha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Climate change
Conservation
Conservation of resources
Development studies
Economic growth
Environmental policy
forest and poverty
Forest conservation
Forestry
Forests
Global warming
India
Indigenous populations
livelihood and conservation
Migration
Natural resource management
Natural resources
Poor
Poverty
poverty among tribals
Resource management
Studies
Sustainable development
Tribes and tribal system
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Summary:The paper examines livelihood conditions and explores policy options for mitigating poverty among tribal communities in Gujarat state, which is experiencing rapid economic growth and widening disparities where tribals are the most poor and deprived. While labour force diversification and migration are important coping mechanisms, these alone may not help lift a large number of the poor out of the poverty trap, which to a large extent is linked to degradation and lack of proper entitlement for managing and using forest resources among these communities. Forest‐based livelihood options assume special significance especially in the wake of the emerging policy framework for adaptation and mitigation of climate change, where the main thrust could be on combining regeneration and conservation of forests with right kind of incentives for ensuring sustainable management and use of forest resources within the region. The mechanism of ‘compensated conservation’ proposed by India could prove very useful in this context. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ISSN:0954-1748
1099-1328
DOI:10.1002/jid.1561