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Achieving Biodiversity through Economic well being A Case Study from Uttaranchal HImalayaAuthors: K S Rajan,Sunil Nautiyal,R Shibasaki Conference: National Conference on Biodiversity Conservation and Human Well Being, at Department of Zoology, Osmania University, Hyderabad. February 8 to 10, 2007. Date: 2007-10-08 Report no: IIIT/TR/2007/141 AbstractBiodiversity programmes and policies primarily try to achieve the goal of biodiversity conservation, but more often than not are faced with a variety of factors that create hurdles in its path. One of the ways to minimize the later can be by strengthening the existing resources, by providing the local populations with alternate livelihood or income options. In countries like India, achieving sustainable livelihood for the local populace is difficult if restrictions are imposed on their traditional usufruct rights over the natural resources. Based on the extensive field work/explorations and analysis of satellite imagery in the selected localities of the Uttaranchal Himalaya it is found that if the local populations have access to alternative income avenues (profitable option), then their dependence on the existing resources (used only to meet the subsistence needs, not for commercial purpose) will become much lower. Consequently the biodiversity in these areas may be conserved and managed in a healthy way. In this work, the interactions of biodiversity and economic well being are discussed in view of understanding that the economic security is equally important along with the goals of the policy in achieving biodiversity conservation. Full paper: pdf Centre for Spatial Informatics |
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