Vasant K Saberwal
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3577401 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Vasant K Saberwal |
| NOMBRES | Vasant K |
| APELLIDO | Saberwal |
| FIRMA | SABERWAL V K |
| AFILIACIONES | Centre for Sight |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 8 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1997 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Wl-8081-Towards Greener Pastures - An Overview of Pastoral Economics, Policies and Ecologies in India
This paper critically examines the ecological, economic, and policy challenges facing pastoralism and grassland ecosystems in India, particularly in the context of climate change and evolving land-use pressures. Drawing upon a global literature, it contextualises Indian pastoralism and its grassland dynamics, highlighting the ecological factors shaping pastoralism across the country. A second section describes the pastoral economy, drawing attent…
Pastoralism in Transition
In this essay we focus on what appears to be an evolving transition among Gaddi and other pastoralist communities in Himachal Pradesh, India. Contrary to predictions of the demise of pastoralism, we argue that while there is evidence of sedentarisation among Himachali pastoralists, there is also an emerging trend of households managing smaller herds over a more limited part of the pastoral landscape. We use material from research conducted three …
Who will save the Snow Leopard? And does it need saving
Democracy, development and (Re-) visions of nature
This article explores the interacting politics of development and conservation and the contradiction between conservation and democracy through the specific experiences in the Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP), India. Unraveling the connections between the local, regional, national and the global, in the sphere of politics, conservation, and development, we examine the context within which the specific conservation outcomes have evolved. We ar…
Whither South Asian Pastoralism? An Introduction
In this collection of articles, we attempt to bring together some of the more recent viewpoints on different forms of pastoralism in South Asia. Our objective is to document the enormous variety of adaptations and strategies that pastoralists in South Asia have crafted to address variations in the environmental, social and political risks they confront. Their actions belie the common image of pastoralists as irrational, whimsical and politically …
Locating Local Elites in Negotiating Access to Forests
This paper is an exploration of how colonial forest policy in Uttara Kannara district of present day Karnataka was critically shaped by the interests of the Havik Brahmin community. Despite the protests of the forest department, the Havik community was provided a remarkably generous forest settlement to enable their production of areca nut, a high revenue earner for the revenue department. We explore the contours of the debates of the time and th…
Science and the Desiccationist Discourse of the 20th Century
Recent ecological research has questioned the scientific validity of a number of environmental disaster scenarios, particularly those centred on the causal linkages between deforestation and desertification and intensified flooding. This essay explores the progression of theoretical models and empirical research linked to the understanding of the capacity of forested systems to regulate the hydrological regimes of a given area. Drawing upon writi…
Bureaucratic agendas and conservation policy in Himachal Pradesh, 1865-1994
Science and the Desiccationist Discourse of the 20th Century
Recent ecological research has questioned the scientific validity of a number of environmental disaster scenarios, particularly those centred on the causal linkages between deforestation and desertification and intensified flooding. This essay explores the progression of theoretical models and empirical research linked to the understanding of the capacity of forested systems to regulate the hydrological regimes of a given area. Drawing upon writi…
Whither South Asian Pastoralism? An Introduction
In this collection of articles, we attempt to bring together some of the more recent viewpoints on different forms of pastoralism in South Asia. Our objective is to document the enormous variety of adaptations and strategies that pastoralists in South Asia have crafted to address variations in the environmental, social and political risks they confront. Their actions belie the common image of pastoralists as irrational, whimsical and politically …
Bureaucratic agendas and conservation policy in Himachal Pradesh, 1865-1994
Democracy, development and (Re-) visions of nature
This article explores the interacting politics of development and conservation and the contradiction between conservation and democracy through the specific experiences in the Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP), India. Unraveling the connections between the local, regional, national and the global, in the sphere of politics, conservation, and development, we examine the context within which the specific conservation outcomes have evolved. We ar…
Locating Local Elites in Negotiating Access to Forests
This paper is an exploration of how colonial forest policy in Uttara Kannara district of present day Karnataka was critically shaped by the interests of the Havik Brahmin community. Despite the protests of the forest department, the Havik community was provided a remarkably generous forest settlement to enable their production of areca nut, a high revenue earner for the revenue department. We explore the contours of the debates of the time and th…
Bureaucratic agendas and conservation policy in Himachal Pradesh, 1865-1994
Science and the Desiccationist Discourse of the 20th Century
Recent ecological research has questioned the scientific validity of a number of environmental disaster scenarios, particularly those centred on the causal linkages between deforestation and desertification and intensified flooding. This essay explores the progression of theoretical models and empirical research linked to the understanding of the capacity of forested systems to regulate the hydrological regimes of a given area. Drawing upon writi…
Whither South Asian Pastoralism? An Introduction
In this collection of articles, we attempt to bring together some of the more recent viewpoints on different forms of pastoralism in South Asia. Our objective is to document the enormous variety of adaptations and strategies that pastoralists in South Asia have crafted to address variations in the environmental, social and political risks they confront. Their actions belie the common image of pastoralists as irrational, whimsical and politically …
Locating Local Elites in Negotiating Access to Forests
This paper is an exploration of how colonial forest policy in Uttara Kannara district of present day Karnataka was critically shaped by the interests of the Havik Brahmin community. Despite the protests of the forest department, the Havik community was provided a remarkably generous forest settlement to enable their production of areca nut, a high revenue earner for the revenue department. We explore the contours of the debates of the time and th…
Democracy, development and (Re-) visions of nature
This article explores the interacting politics of development and conservation and the contradiction between conservation and democracy through the specific experiences in the Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP), India. Unraveling the connections between the local, regional, national and the global, in the sphere of politics, conservation, and development, we examine the context within which the specific conservation outcomes have evolved. We ar…
Who will save the Snow Leopard? And does it need saving
Pastoralism in Transition
In this essay we focus on what appears to be an evolving transition among Gaddi and other pastoralist communities in Himachal Pradesh, India. Contrary to predictions of the demise of pastoralism, we argue that while there is evidence of sedentarisation among Himachali pastoralists, there is also an emerging trend of households managing smaller herds over a more limited part of the pastoral landscape. We use material from research conducted three …
Wl-8081-Towards Greener Pastures - An Overview of Pastoral Economics, Policies and Ecologies in India
This paper critically examines the ecological, economic, and policy challenges facing pastoralism and grassland ecosystems in India, particularly in the context of climate change and evolving land-use pressures. Drawing upon a global literature, it contextualises Indian pastoralism and its grassland dynamics, highlighting the ecological factors shaping pastoralism across the country. A second section describes the pastoral economy, drawing attent…
Geography (8 obras) · Political science (5 obras) · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (5 obras) · Sociology (4 obras) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (3 obras) · Economics (3 obras) · Environmental ethics (3 obras) · Archaeology (2 obras) · Biology (2 obras) · Business (2 obras)