Forests on Fire: Ecology and Policies in the Himalayan Tarai
Rawat, Ajay S.
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Book ID : 14817
ISBN-10 : 81-7020-840-8 / 8170208408
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
1998
Edition :
Language : English
xiv, 276p., Tables, Bib., 23 cm. (First Edition)
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:- Foreword; Preface; History and Growth of Tarai- Bhabhar; The Tribes of Tarai; Gujjars: The Forest Dwellers; The Gothias; Agricultural Development and its Impact on the Marginalized Population in Tarai; Milk Cooperative Movement in Tarai; Industries Usher in New Way of Life in Tarai: Bhabhar; Militancy in Tarai; An Overview;
DESCRIPTION
This book is a pioneering work on the politics and ecology of Himalayan Tarai. The eco systems here are highly dynamics as also productive, may be one of the highest in the country. Many a times during the British period efforts were made to colonize it for agricultural purposes. But all these efforts failed owing to the vagaries of climate and the scourge of malaria. With the coming of Independence, a wave of settlers from West Pakistan and East Pakistan came to settle down in Tarai and with these new settlers dawned a new era of permanent settlement in this region.
