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S.K. Barik; V.T. Darlong. 2008. Natural resource management policy environment in Meghalaya. |
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Summary: The study evaluated the impact of three important policies important from livelihood perspective: Supreme Court interventions, JFM/NAP policy guidelines/resolution, and IFAD programme. It found out that impact of Supreme Court intervention was negligible in NAP/IFAD project areas, as well as in the villages where forests are communally owned. The diversification of occupations such as fishery, vegetable cropping, horticulture and intensive agriculture through the latter two programmes had neutralized the income from timber trade. Significant improvement in human, natural, physical, financial and social capitals was observed in these villages. On the other hand, where most forestlands were privately owned and neither IFAD project nor NAP programme was implemented, particularly in Khasi Hills, the forest land owners changed to limestone miners and charcoal makers, defeating the very objective of the Supreme Court intervention aimed at forest conservation and providing sustainable livelihood to forest dependent poor. The study estimated that where there was no IFAD/NAP programme, household income and employment was reduced by 10% following the judicial intervention. It showed that Garo Hills, the Supreme Court intervention resulted in enhanced agriculture and horticulture activities. It concludes that overall, the Supreme Court intervention resulted in reduced human, social, and financial capital to the people. It then identified policy-specific issues and amendments to improve existing policies, policy-making processes, and policy implementation which ultimately should result to improvement in peoples’ livelihoods. Download:
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