NDLI: Strategies for Self-organization: Learning from a Village-level Community-based Conservation Initiative in India

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Author	Shukla, Shailesh R. Sinclair, A. John
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	Self-organization is a key condition to the success of community-based conservation initiatives, including those recognized by the Equator Initiative of the UNDP. This paper contributes to emerging scholarship that focuses on community-based conservation in South Asia and in particular examines self-organization strategies within a small-scale community-based conservation initiative in a cross-cultural setting to further understanding about how such initiatives originate, sustain and grow. This is achieved through a case study of the Baripada Forest Protection Initiative in India by utilizing in-depth interviews and focus groups. In addition to certain often-cited strategies for self-organization, the Baripada initiative included unique features of self-organization such as village community design, implementation and adaptation of rules for local natural resources use and conservation, little need for financial support, and significant mobilization of human resources. These strategies, along with emerging social learning opportunities (e.g., a community plant diversity register) inspired by the Baripada initiative, inform and enrich the criteria for designing and evaluating conservation and development initiatives, irrespective of their scale.
Starting Page	205
Ending Page	215
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	03007839
Journal	Human Ecology
Volume Number	38
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15729915
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2010-02-17
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Self-organization Community-based conservation India Learning Sociology Geography (general) Environmental Management Anthropology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Ecology Arts and Humanities Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Health (social science) Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Anthropology

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