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Fire supported forest utilisation of a degraded dry forest as a means of sustainable local forest management in Tamil Nadu/South India

Document type:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Author(s):
Schmerbeck, Joachim and Seeland, Klaus
Abstract:
When scientific forest management was introduced in India under British rule in the second half of the 19th century, it provoked great controversy. Intense discussion surrounded the effect fire had on sustainable forestry. Based upon a 2-year empirical survey in the Kadavakurichi Hillock area of the Dindigul District of Tamil Nadu, this paper revisits that earlier debate. The data show that despite shortcomings in tree growth, areas consisting predominantly of forests largely degraded by frequen...     »
Keywords:
Sustainable forest management; Tamil Nadu; Intentional forest fires; Traditional fire management; Degraded dry forests
Journal title:
Land Use Policy
Year:
2007
Month:
Jan
Journal issue:
Volume 24, Issue 1
Pages contribution:
Pages 62-71
Language:
en
Publisher:
Elsevier Ltd
TUM Institution:
Lehrstuhl für Waldbau
Format:
Text
Ingested:
19.12.2008
Last change:
19.12.2008
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