Contesting Conservation

Contesting Conservation

Shahtoosh Trade and Forest Management in Jammu and Kashmir, India

Gupta, Saloni

Springer International Publishing AG

02/2018

240

Dura

Inglês

9783319722566

15 a 20 dias

657


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Chapter 1: Introduction.- 1. Wildlife and forest conservation in J&K: an introduction.- 2. Political ecology: approaches and analytical framework.- 3. Theoretical positioning.- 4. Contesting conservation: what this study contributes.- 5. Chapter layout.- Chapter 2: Jammu and Kashmir: contextualising conservation in specific sites.- 1.1. Jammu and Kashmir: an introduction.- 1.2. Field locations.- 2.1. Ethnography of conservation interventions.- 2.2. Description of fieldwork.- 2.3. Research in the context of violent conflict.- Chapter 3: Tibetan Antelope and Shahtoosh Shawl: a brief history.- 1.1. Chiru and its habitat.- 1.2. The shahtoosh wool: myths and realities.- 2.1. From raw wool to finished shawl: the production process.- 2.2. Shahtoosh workers: population and distribution.- 3.1. Origin and development of the shawl industry.- 3.2. Marginalisation and exploitation of the shawl workers: pre-independence.- 3.3. Shahtoosh workers and the new state: post-independence.- 4. Conclusion.-Chapter 4: The Ban on Shahtoosh: sustainability for whom?.- 1.1. The ban on shahtoosh: a chronology of events.- 1.2. The prospects of chiru farming: observations of the 'expert group'.- 2.1. Weak enforcement and split role of the state.- 2.2. Shawl workers response to the ban: protest and politics.- 3.1. The trade continues: illegality and shadow networks of shahtoosh.- 3.2. Militancy and shahtoosh: exploring the connections.- 4.Conclusion.- Chapter 5: The Micropolitics of the Ban on Shahtoosh: costs and reparations.- 1.1. The origin of wool and the unpopularity of the ban.- 1.2. Different categories, differential impact.- 1.3. Machines and adulteration.- 1.4. Decreasing wages, increasing prices: strategies of labour exploitation and control.- 1.5. Declining social prestige and cultural heritage.- 2. Rehabilitation and alternative livelihoods: accountability of whom?.- 3. Conclusion.- Chapter 6: Forests, State and People: a historical account of forest management andcontrol in J&K.- 1. Forest management in early colonial period.- 2. Local access versus commercial needs: the politics of scientific forestry in the late colonial period.- 3. National interests versus local needs: the politics of forest management in the post-colonial period.- 4. Conclusion.- Chapter 7: Joint Management of Forests and Split Role of the State: the politics of forest conservation in J&K.- 1. Joint management of forests: new arenas of 'partnership' and 'participation'.- 2. Setting the scene: interplay between centre, state and non-state actors.- 3.1. Navni and Chinnora: a brief introduction.- 3.2. Our forests, their timber: the politics of resource control.- 3.3. Split role of the field-staff: forest regulations vis-a-vis local needs.- 4. Conclusion.- Chapter 8: The Micropolitics of Forest Use and Control: new spaces for cooperation and conflict.- 1.1. From centralisation to decentralisation: doblockages disappear?.- 1.2. Panchayat and JFMC: conflicting powers and functions.- 2. Increased biomass, reduced access.- 3. Illegal timber felling: what if fence eats the grass?.- 4. Conclusion.- Chapter 9: On Conservation Politics: cooperation, conflicts and contestations .- 1. Power as dispersed and fluid.- 2. Between cooperation and conflict: spaces for contestation.- 3. Who is accountable?.- 4. Policy implications.- 5. Conclusion.- Bibliography.
Environmental politics;Forest Conservation;Political Ecology;Violent Environments;Wildlife Conservation;Forestry Management