Martin, Adrian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2916-7712
(2003)
On knowing what trees to plant: local and expert perspectives in the Western Ghats of Karnataka.
Geoforum, 34 (1).
pp. 57-69.
ISSN 0016-7185
Abstract
This paper investigates the ways in which different groups of people arrive at decisions regarding what tree species to plant. Data is drawn from a case study of afforestation that is taking place under the policy of Joint Forest Planning and Management in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India. Whilst there is a clear disparity between villager and Forest Department preferences, this difference is not simply a case of Forest Department ‘science’ pitted against villagers’ ‘local knowledge’. On the one hand, both villagers and the Forest Department employ empirical evidence to inform their preferences; on the other hand, decision making goes beyond this, being influenced by a range of institutional and cultural issues. This paper identifies obstacles to a complementary working relationship between local and expert knowledge and considers the resulting management implications.
Item Type: | Article |
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Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > School of International Development |
UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Global Environmental Justice University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research |
Depositing User: | Vishal Gautam |
Date Deposited: | 01 Feb 2003 |
Last Modified: | 16 Jun 2023 23:42 |
URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/16627 |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0016-7185(02)00075-1 |
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