Sarmistha Pattanaik
Biographic Data
| ID | 3723202 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarmistha Pattanaik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarmistha |
| FAMILY NAME | Pattanaik |
| SIGNATURE | PATTANAIK S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Politics of Joint Forest Management
Community forest management is a phase of transition between absolute state control and a renewal of community control over the forestland that has become possible with the enactment of the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006. Joint Forest Management (JFM), which used to have a robust presence in West Bengal, has been facing increasing challenges from the forest-dwellers who wish to implement the FRA (2006) in the state, despite the multiple hurdles pl…
From vulnerability to viability
Small-scale fisheries (SSF) support over 90% of the 120 million people engaged in capture fisheries globally. Despite their contributions, SSF communities are often economically and politically marginalised, are highly vulnerable to change, and until recently, remained largely invisible in policy debates in most countries and internationally. This paper undertakes a situational analysis of 12 countries with significant small-scale fisheries (i.e.…
Regional Political Ecologies and Environmental Conflicts in India
Exploring fishermen’s local knowledge and perceptions in the face of climate change
Cityscape Transformation and the Temporal Metamorphosis of East Kolkata Wetlands
Cities are changing globally because neoliberalism demands so. But the impacts of these changes do not remain confined within urban limits only. Kolkata similarly is attempting to change itself in leaps and bounds because it has to keep up with the demands of neoliberalism. However, along with the city, the wetlands in the eastern vicinity of Kolkata are also undergoing a major transformation. This article attempts to look at these transformation…
The political agenda of implementing Forest Rights Act 2006
A paradox of the ‘community’
This article provides a comprehensive critique of the culturalist idealizations of community, associated with an essentially tenuous version of environmentalism. To this end, it analyses an ‘eco-governmentality’, observed in the implementation of joint forest management (JFM) policy in India and, in doing so, engages with a rethinking on the historical definitions of community. An explanation of community, popularized by the works of pioneering s…
Urban development, environmental vulnerability and CRZ violations in India
How can traditional livelihoods find a place in contemporary conservation politics debates in India? Understanding community perspectives in Sundarban, West Bengal
We document the economic and socio-cultural vulnerability of a forest-dependent community inhabiting the forest fringe island of Satjelia in the Indian Sundarban. Using simple artisanal methods, they have practiced traditional livelihoods like fishing and collecting wild honey from the forests for more than a century. Despite having established cultural integrity and traditional occupations, this group is not indigenous, and are therefore treated…
Politics of Biodiversity Conservation and Socio Ecological Conflicts in a City
Are sustainable cities "sustainable" for the poor? a study of kolkata in eastern india
L’obiettivo principale di questo articolo e rivedere criticamente alcuni approcci associati all’ambientalismo urbano e alle citta sostenibili, attraverso l’analisi del caso di alcune tra le principali citta indiane. Calcutta viene presa in considerazione per via dei suoi tentativi di raggiungere lo status di world-class city. Attraverso lo studio di caso, l’articolo tenta di esaminare se questa citta stia riuscendo o meno ad abbinare giustizia so…
Alienation, Conflict, and Conservation in the Protected Areas of Urban Metropolis
Conservation of Environment and Protection of Marginalized Fishing Communities of Lake Chilika in Orissa, India
Situated in the coastal belt of Orissa in India, Lake Chilika has been designated under the Ramsar Convention as a Wetland of International importance (IUCN) especially as water fowl Habitat (Iran, 1981). But, during the last few years the Lake has developed serious environmental problems so much so that the Bureau of Ramsar convention has placed it on its red list. Among those problems, the siltation at the Mugger Mukh (one ofthe openings ofthe …
Cityscape Transformation and the Temporal Metamorphosis of East Kolkata Wetlands
Cities are changing globally because neoliberalism demands so. But the impacts of these changes do not remain confined within urban limits only. Kolkata similarly is attempting to change itself in leaps and bounds because it has to keep up with the demands of neoliberalism. However, along with the city, the wetlands in the eastern vicinity of Kolkata are also undergoing a major transformation. This article attempts to look at these transformation…
Conservation of Environment and Protection of Marginalized Fishing Communities of Lake Chilika in Orissa, India
Situated in the coastal belt of Orissa in India, Lake Chilika has been designated under the Ramsar Convention as a Wetland of International importance (IUCN) especially as water fowl Habitat (Iran, 1981). But, during the last few years the Lake has developed serious environmental problems so much so that the Bureau of Ramsar convention has placed it on its red list. Among those problems, the siltation at the Mugger Mukh (one ofthe openings ofthe …
A paradox of the ‘community’
This article provides a comprehensive critique of the culturalist idealizations of community, associated with an essentially tenuous version of environmentalism. To this end, it analyses an ‘eco-governmentality’, observed in the implementation of joint forest management (JFM) policy in India and, in doing so, engages with a rethinking on the historical definitions of community. An explanation of community, popularized by the works of pioneering s…
Alienation, Conflict, and Conservation in the Protected Areas of Urban Metropolis
Conservation of Environment and Protection of Marginalized Fishing Communities of Lake Chilika in Orissa, India
Situated in the coastal belt of Orissa in India, Lake Chilika has been designated under the Ramsar Convention as a Wetland of International importance (IUCN) especially as water fowl Habitat (Iran, 1981). But, during the last few years the Lake has developed serious environmental problems so much so that the Bureau of Ramsar convention has placed it on its red list. Among those problems, the siltation at the Mugger Mukh (one ofthe openings ofthe …
Alienation, Conflict, and Conservation in the Protected Areas of Urban Metropolis
Politics of Biodiversity Conservation and Socio Ecological Conflicts in a City
Are sustainable cities "sustainable" for the poor? a study of kolkata in eastern india
L’obiettivo principale di questo articolo e rivedere criticamente alcuni approcci associati all’ambientalismo urbano e alle citta sostenibili, attraverso l’analisi del caso di alcune tra le principali citta indiane. Calcutta viene presa in considerazione per via dei suoi tentativi di raggiungere lo status di world-class city. Attraverso lo studio di caso, l’articolo tenta di esaminare se questa citta stia riuscendo o meno ad abbinare giustizia so…
Urban development, environmental vulnerability and CRZ violations in India
How can traditional livelihoods find a place in contemporary conservation politics debates in India? Understanding community perspectives in Sundarban, West Bengal
We document the economic and socio-cultural vulnerability of a forest-dependent community inhabiting the forest fringe island of Satjelia in the Indian Sundarban. Using simple artisanal methods, they have practiced traditional livelihoods like fishing and collecting wild honey from the forests for more than a century. Despite having established cultural integrity and traditional occupations, this group is not indigenous, and are therefore treated…
A paradox of the ‘community’
This article provides a comprehensive critique of the culturalist idealizations of community, associated with an essentially tenuous version of environmentalism. To this end, it analyses an ‘eco-governmentality’, observed in the implementation of joint forest management (JFM) policy in India and, in doing so, engages with a rethinking on the historical definitions of community. An explanation of community, popularized by the works of pioneering s…
The political agenda of implementing Forest Rights Act 2006
Exploring fishermen’s local knowledge and perceptions in the face of climate change
Cityscape Transformation and the Temporal Metamorphosis of East Kolkata Wetlands
Cities are changing globally because neoliberalism demands so. But the impacts of these changes do not remain confined within urban limits only. Kolkata similarly is attempting to change itself in leaps and bounds because it has to keep up with the demands of neoliberalism. However, along with the city, the wetlands in the eastern vicinity of Kolkata are also undergoing a major transformation. This article attempts to look at these transformation…
Regional Political Ecologies and Environmental Conflicts in India
From vulnerability to viability
Small-scale fisheries (SSF) support over 90% of the 120 million people engaged in capture fisheries globally. Despite their contributions, SSF communities are often economically and politically marginalised, are highly vulnerable to change, and until recently, remained largely invisible in policy debates in most countries and internationally. This paper undertakes a situational analysis of 12 countries with significant small-scale fisheries (i.e.…
Politics of Joint Forest Management
Community forest management is a phase of transition between absolute state control and a renewal of community control over the forestland that has become possible with the enactment of the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006. Joint Forest Management (JFM), which used to have a robust presence in West Bengal, has been facing increasing challenges from the forest-dwellers who wish to implement the FRA (2006) in the state, despite the multiple hurdles pl…
Geography (11 works) · Political science (9 works) · Politics (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Environmental planning (4 works) · Social and Economic Development in India (4 works)