Pastoral politics : shepherds, bureaucrats, and conservation in the Western Himalaya / Vasant K. Saberwal
1999, 1st edition. Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #424053
ISBN: 0195643089
Physical description; xviii, 246 pages : map ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-239) and index. Contents; 1. Pastoralism and Environmental Alarm -- 2. Access to Forage: Interplay of Property, Labour, Wealth and Networks -- 3. A Question of Control -- 4. Circumvention and Negotiation -- 5. Changing Rationale for Forest Conservancy. 6. Science and the Desiccationist Discourse -- 7. Uhl Valley Case Study: Rhetoric and Ecological Uncertainty -- 8. Degradation and Shepherd Land Usage -- 9. Theoretical Considerations -- 10. Conclusion. App. I. Methods and Approach -- App. II. A Worked Example of Profits from Herding -- App. III. Departmental Designations in Ascending Seniority. Subjects; Grazing Environmental aspects India Himachal Pradesh. Forest policy India Himachal Pradesh. Forest degradation India Himachal Pradesh. Land degradation Himalaya Mountains Region. Politique forestière Inde Himachal Pradesh. Forêts Dégradation Inde Himachal Pradesh. Terres Dégradation Him laya. Forest degradation. Forest policy. Grazing Environmental aspects. Land degradation. Land degradation Himalaya Mountain Region. Herders India Himachal Pradesh. Environmental protection Himalaya Mountains Region. Agricultural ecology Himalaya Mountains Region. Sheep industry Environmental aspects Himalaya Mountains Region. Conservation of natural resources Environmental policy India. Himalaya Mountains Region. India Himachal Pradesh. Nature conservation Western Himalaya. Pastoralism Western Himalaya. Governernment policy Western Himalaya.
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