Forest landscapes of the southern western Ghats, India
Biodiversity, Human Ecology and Management Strategies
Mondes Indiens/South AsiaÉditeur : Institut Français de Pondichéry
Lieu d’édition : Pondichéry
Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 7 octobre 2020
Collection : Mondes Indiens/South Asia
Année d’édition : 2007
Nombre de pages : 328
Présentation
The Western Ghats forests are endowed with large species and habitat diversity, which is nowadays under threat by increasing demographic pressure and changing land use. To address these challenges, a novel and comprehensive approach is sought from the principles of landscape ecology. Morpho-pedological features are used to delineate landscape units all over the Western Ghats of Kerala, among which the Western Anamalai region is chosen to elucidate the relative influence of physical factors, bioclimate and anthropogenic pressures on the characteristics of natural vegetation and on the status of the vertebrate fauna. Highlighting patterns of resource utilization by proximal and distant stakeholders, the book goes about identifying value-based management zones, while proposing management strategies for conservation and sustainable development.
Sommaire
B.R. Ramesh et Rajan Gurukkal
PrefaceJ.C. Kala
ForewordB.R. Ramesh et Rajan Gurukkal
Introduction: Drawing the ContoursPart I. Approaching The Landscape
Gérard Bourgeon, Danny Lo Seen et B.R. Ramesh
1. Identification and Mapping Landscape Units of KeralaPart II. Analysing The Landscape: The Anamalai Region (Nelliyampathi Hills)
B.R. Ramesh, Pierre Couteron, Gérard Bourgeon et al.
2. Physical and Bioclimatic Features of the Selected Landscape UnitsB.R. Ramesh, P.V. Karunakaran, Pierre Couteron et al.
3. Forest Types and Status: Ecological Characteristics and Impact of DisturbanceP.V. Karunakaran, Pierre Couteron, B.R. Ramesh et al.
4. Stand and Floristic Structural Variability of Natural VegetationM. Balasubramanian, Pierre Couteron et P.V. Karunakaran
5. Richness of Vertebrates and Spatial Features of Selected Large Mammals and Arboreal FaunaM. Amruth et Rajan Gurukkal
6. Spatiality of Subsistence and the Human Ecology of Landscape: Towards Self-Regulatory Forest CommunitiesM. Amruth, Rajan Gurukkal et P.V. Karunakaran
7. Resources in the Forest Landscape: Availability, Utilisation and SustainabilityPart III. Towards a Paradigm Shift: Rethinking Strategies of Landscape Management
M. Amruth, P.V. Karunakaran, M. Balasubramanian et al.
8. Imperatives of Change: Reflections on the Current Practices and Policies of Forest ManagementB.R. Ramesh, P.V. Karunakaran, M. Amruth et al.
9. Strategies and Actions-I: Accounting for ValuesP.V. Karunakaran, M. Balasubrahmanian, M. Amruth et al.
10. Strategies and Actions-II: Dealing with the ConstraintsRajan Gurukkal, B.R. Ramesh, M. Amruth et al.
11. Competing Claims and Multiple Stakes: Institutions for Integrating Stakeholder Interests in Forest ManagementRajan Gurukkal et B.R. Ramesh
PostscriptTowards Scientific Landscape Management and Self-Regulatory Forest Community Development
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