Forests throughout India are under threat from modern enterprises such as logging, dams, mines, and irrigation schemes, and also from a breakdown in traditional forest-protection systems. Local communities, traditionally dependent on forests, find their livelihoods under chronic strain.
This book tells the story of a forest-protection movement, Friends of Trees and Living Beings, in the state of Orissa, which has grown from spontaneous local action in the mid-1970s into a network of forest-management organizations with respected expertise and widespread influence.
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Forests throughout India are under threat from modern enterprises such as logging, dams, mines, and irrigation schemes, and also from a breakdown in t...
