Pastoral Politics : Shepherds, Bureaucrats, and Conservation in the Western Himalaya (Studies in Social Ecology and Environmental History)

Pastoral Politics : Shepherds, Bureaucrats, and Conservation in the Western Himalaya (Studies in Social Ecology and Environmental History)

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Book Description
Vasant Saberwal explores the origins of the alarmist rhetoric on land degradation in the western Himalaya, which he finds to be unsubstantiated according to empirical evidence and ecological theory.

Pastoral Politics: Shepherds, Bureaucrats, and Conservation in the Western Himalaya (Studies in Social Ecology and Environmental History),Vasant K. Saberwal,Oxford University Press, USA,0195643089,Business & Economics,Development - Sustainable Development,Economics - General,Environmental Conservation & Protection - General,Environmental Science,Environmental aspects,Forest degradation,Forest policy,Grazing,Himachal Pradesh,India,Land Conservation,Nature,Nature/Ecology,Applied ecology,Central government policies,Conservation of the environment,Economics | Environmental,Himalayas,Management of land & natural resources,Political Science / Economic Conditions,Rural communities

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