Tropical forest conversion and its impact on indigenous communities Mapping forest loss and shrinking gathering grounds in the Western Ghats, India

Vijayan, Dhanya; Kaechele, Harald; Girindran, Renoy; Chattopadhyay, S.; Lukas, Martin C.; Arshad, Muhammad Umair

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.105133

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“…In India, research has shown that indigenous knowledge and practices are on the verge of extinction (Farooquee et al, 2004;Vijayan et al, 2021) because of development policy and the country's transition to a neoliberal market economy. Priyadarshini and Abhilash (2019) propose indigenous knowledge as a potential basis for sustainable development in the country.…”

Section: Indian Indigenous Women Within the Global Terrain Of Indigenous Educationmentioning

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Vocational education and training for indigenous women in India: toward a participatory planning approach

Dagar

2021

International Journal of Training Research

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Indigenous women in India struggle to maintain their traditional knowledge, education and livelihoods in the face of colonization, neoliberalism and development. The paper analyzes the vocational education and skills training programmes implemented for indigenous women in India by the national government and local agencies. It considers the experiences of indigenous women from two different geographical locations and two distinct communities. The qualitative findings from the study indicate a mismatch between the requirements and desires of indigenous women and the policy objectives. By integrating self-determination into a subaltern framework, the paper suggests taking a participatory planning approach to VET for indigenous women. It brings attention to and draws practical suggestions for representation and inclusion of indigenous women in skills development.

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Section: Indian Indigenous Women Within the Global Terrain Of Indigenous Educationmentioning

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Vocational education and training for indigenous women in India: toward a participatory planning approach

Dagar

2021

International Journal of Training Research

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“…Reference [11], in addition, identifies that as the area of protected forest in the Western Ghats in India decreased by 53 percent, the size of the tribal communities' gathering areas prominently reduced, resulting in a decline in their collection of non-timber forest products and increased de-pendency on forest plantations labor for their livelihood. This is especially significant as the tribal communities still prefer to depend on natural forests for their sustenance.…”

Section: Impact Of Biodiversity Loss On Indigenous Communitiesmentioning

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The Road to Sustainable Development: Existing Problems and Solutions

Jain¹

2021

IJMTST

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The debate about developing countries having to choose between economic growth and biodiversity protection has been going on for a long time. This paper sought to add to existing literature written on that topic by exploring the relationship between economic growth and biodiversity loss. It argued that in the long term, developing countries need to protect biodiversity as a prerequisite for economic growth to occur and that the severe impact of biodiversity loss on vulnerable indigenous communities is a reason enough to make the protection of biodiversity a priority. The researcher first identified the primary reasons for why biodiversity occurs, then advocated for the prevention of biodiversity by exploring two impacts of biodiversity loss: the impact on indigenous communities and the impact on economic growth. The paper then briefly also explained the policies that both governments, as well as nongovernment actors, can implement in order to tackle biodiversity loss and protect our environment.

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“…Land use conversions in an area can affect the environmental stability of a region, and the main concerns about land use change are related to negative environmental, economic and social impacts (Alijani et al, 2020;Vijayan et al, 2021;Zhao et al, 2022). One of the most important environmental impacts of the expansion of area under rubber plantations is the change in local and regional water regimes (Guardiola-claramonte et al 2008(Guardiola-claramonte et al & 2010Tan et al 2011;Ma et al 2019).…”

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The large-scale expansion of rubber plantations in southern India: Major impacts and the changing nature of drivers

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Girindran

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This study investigates the major environmental and socio-economic impacts of an increase in the area of rubber plantations and the changing patterns of drivers of land use changes by combining geospatial technologies and socio-economic methods. Using a combination of geospatial techniques and socio-economic methods, we mainly analysed the rate of increase in area under rubber plantations, major impacts of land use changes and the changing drivers of land use changes. Our results shows that the area under rubber plantations has increased significantly within the study area, with the area under rubber plantations increasing from 30–74% of the total area within five decades. Impact assessment of land-use changes based on household surveys showed significant improvement in socio-economic conditions of the farmers however at the expense of severe environmental degradation. Our results also indicate that while areas under rubber plantations continue to increase, the drivers of land use changes have changed over time. Furthermore, it has been observed that in the past many interventions prioritized social and economic development and placed less emphasis on the ecological stability of the region. Perceptions of farmers revealed that the effects of ecological fragility already affected the economic robustness of the whole area. Therefore, we conclude that government interventions to support additional rubber cultivation should also focus on ecosystem stabilization in order to minimize the risk of an ecological catastrophe that would significantly affect the economic prosperity of the region.

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Tropical forest conversion and its impact on indigenous communities Mapping forest loss and shrinking gathering grounds in the Western Ghats, India

Cited by 9 publications

References 15 publications

Vocational education and training for indigenous women in India: toward a participatory planning approach

Vocational education and training for indigenous women in India: toward a participatory planning approach

The Road to Sustainable Development: Existing Problems and Solutions

The large-scale expansion of rubber plantations in southern India: Major impacts and the changing nature of drivers

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