Indigenous women’s struggles to oppose state-sponsored deforestation in Chhattisgarh, India
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| ID | 12552689 |
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| Autores | Sulakshana Nandi (0000-0002-4366-4566, Centro Universitario Latinoamericano de Morelos, autor correspondente), Samir Garg (0000-0003-4915-0731) |
| Ano | 2017 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Fascículo | 3 |
| Páginas | 387-403 |
| Data de publicação | 2017-09-02 |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Gender & Development (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 1355-2074 • E-ISSN: 1364-9221 |
| Editora | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13552074.2017.1379781 |
| OpenAlex | W2766317632 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 2 |
In Chhattisgarh state, nearly half the land area is covered with forests that are essential to the livelihoods and culture of the indigenous communities there. Tree felling has escalated in the past decades, with natural forests replaced by teak plantations. The article narrates the struggles of AAS, an organisation of indigenous women, for restoration of land and forest rights to the indigenous communities. It shows the importance of people’s organisations and their struggles for natural resource justice. Women have challenged the state, using a range of strategies
Agriculture · Agroforestry · Archaeology · Deforestation (computer science · Economic Justice · Environmental planning · Environmental protection · Felling · Geography · Indigenous · Land rights · Livelihood · Natural resource · Political science · Resource (disambiguation · Socioeconomics · Sociology · State (computer science · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Law · Social and Economic Development in India · Ecology · Forestry
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