Nagothu (2001)

Question 1

Nagothu

Answer 1

2001

Question 2

2001

Answer 2

Nagothu

Question 3

What do people assume

Answer 3

That fuelwood and fodder extraction leads to deforestation

Question 4

The problem with assuming that fuelwood and fodder extraction leads to deforestation

Answer 4

It ignores local-specific strategies which may reduce the impact on the environment

Question 5

How do communities next to forests use them

Answer 5

Communities next to forests mainly use dry wood as fuelwood and greases for fodder that normally doesn’t involve cutting the trees

Question 6

What does this paper look at

Answer 6

The extraction patterns in villages in and out of the Sariska Tiger Reserve (STR) in India

Question 7

What would be a good solution

Answer 7

Co-management of forests would solve these conflicts and lead to a better management of natural resources

Question 8

Firewood crisis in India

Answer 8

Has occurred as a result of increased demand and diminishing resources, along with illegal fuelwood consumption

Question 9

How do local people value the land

Answer 9

In non-consumption values such as socio-cultural and religious links to forests

Question 10

Which knowledges are focused on

Answer 10

Mainstream views. Despite informal institutions in forest areas having better local knowledge

Question 11

Why may people conserve land

Answer 11

Due to religious sentiments, they may worship plants and animals and restrict use of the land

Question 12

How have Hardin’s ideas been challenged

Answer 12

Tragedy of the Commons (Hardin, 1968) argues sustainable resource use can only occur with private property, however successful common property plans have shown that local people use resources for their subsistence needs

Question 13

Why have conflicts between state and locals occurred

Answer 13

State intervention has disrupted the common property regimes

Question 14

What is the main argument of the paper

Answer 14

Use of resources by local people is not the main cause of deforestation in all cases, and that local institutional arrangements can lead to better management

Question 15

How are people restricted from using the tiger reserve

Answer 15

• No grazing allowed
• Ban on extraction of plant/resource that may damage the habitat
• Ban on collecting fuelwood, fodder etc.
• Ban on hunting wild animals
• Restrictions to reside within the protected area

Question 16

What do the villagers continue to do

Answer 16

Treat the forests within the protected area as part of the village commons