On knowing what trees to plant: local and expert perspectives in the Western Ghats of Karnataka

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

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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
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > School of International Development University of East Anglia > Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Depositing User:	Vishal Gautam
Date Deposited:	01 Feb 2003
Last Modified:	09 Mar 2023 09:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/16627
DOI:	10.1016/S0016-7185(02)00075-1

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