Introduction1. Land Use and Crop Pattern Changes, Pressure on Natural Resources and Status of Biodiversity in Selected Regions2. The Context of a Coffee Growing Village3. The Context of Tribal Villages Located within and near a National Park4. The Context of Agricultural-cum-pastoral Villages Located within and near a Wildlife Sanctuary5. Conclusions and Policy Recommendations
K. N. Ninan is Professor of Ecological Economics at the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India. Earlier he was Visiting Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Tokyo, Japan. Dr Ninan has also been a Visiting Professor/Fellow at the Institute for Developing Economies, Tokyo, Japan; Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, United Kindom; University of Versailles, France; Maison des Sciences de L'Homme,Paris; and University of Tokushima, Japan.