Community Based Conservation for Sustainable Forest Management - Probing the Indian Projection and Selected International Paradigms
| Main Authors: | Mathew Ravish, Gantait Arnab, Swamy G. A. |
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| Format: | Article Journal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2017
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/1307539 |
Daftar Isi:
- The agenda of sustainable forest management has gained profound significance with the avowal of the year 2009 as the ‘International Year of Ecotourism’, followed by regarding 2011 as ‘International year of Forest’ as well as coining 2014 UNWTO ‘World Tourism Day’ Theme as ‘Tourism and Community Development’ complemented by initiatives like MABP (Man & Biosphere Programme), The action plans of UNEP, UNDP, WWF, DFID, World Bank, SGPTF (Small Grants Programme for Tropical Forest) & IUCN have given importance to forest in a much larger way looking into its conservation aspect more intensively. The term Community Based Conservation (CBC) refers to wildlife conservation efforts that involve community people as an integral part of Forest and Wildlife Conservation Policy. Further, the main aim of Community Based Conservation effort is to bring the local community in the forefront of conservation agenda by the tag “forest for people”. With the rapid change in the climate and forest cover depreciation strict conservation steps need to be adopted for the future sustainability of the green cover. This work highlights the need for forest conservation while examining the present state of forest conservation in the Indian context. Analyses of successful case studies from Cambodia and Thailand as regards community Based Conservation which is a novel concept for the up keep of the forest have been conducted. The paper elucidates how CBC programme can work to produce a better relationship between forest, wildlife and local people, and on the other hand, the vast economic and social improvement that puts in the life of the local community will ultimately produce a more secure future for the forest and wildlife of Asia.