Contesting Conservation: Shahtoosh Trade and Forest Management in Jammu and Kashmir, India

by Saloni Gupta and Saloni Gupta

Book Overview

The first academic work on the banning of shahtoosh wool trade in Kashmir, and first systematic account of joint forest management in the Jammu and Kashmir region in India

Provides an application of political ecology approach in conflict regions

Analyzes the debates around the possibilities for 'sustainable development' and 'sustainable livelihoods' in depth

Unfolds the politics of nature conservation between different stakeholders...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319891626
• ISBN13: 9783319891620
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 240 Pages