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1 Shah, T. 1998. Striking a balance between livelihoods and sustainability: A policy analysis of the NTFP political economy of Uttar Kanara. Research paper presented at International Workshop on Shared Resource Management in South Asia: The Next Step, conducted by Institute of Rural Management Anand, India, 17-19 February, 1998. 33p.
Natural resources ; Resource management ; Sustainability ; Forest management ; Forest policy ; Common property ; Poverty ; Forest resources ; Fuelwood ; Bamboos ; Marketing / India / Karnataka / Uttar Kanara
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 4785 Record No: H022142)
2 Chhabra, R.; Thakur, N. P. 1998. Lysimeter study on the use of biodrainage to control waterlogging and secondary salinization in (canal) irrigated arid/semi-arid environment. Irrigation and Drainage Systems, 12(3):265-288.
Lysimetry ; Waterlogging ; Groundwater ; Water table ; Irrigation canals ; Irrigation effects ; Eucalyptus ; Bamboos ; Drainage ; Salinity control / India
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H023576)
3 Gill, A. S. 2004. Bamboo in agroforestry for degraded lands. Indian Farming, 54(6):29-32.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 7463 Record No: H038005)
4 Nagabhatla, Nidhi; Roy, P. S.; Jagdale, R. 2007. Monitoring spatial distribution of commercial rattans and palms in the tropical forest of Baratang Islands (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, 6(4):630-635.
Forest products ; Arecaceae ; Cane ; Bamboos ; Remote sensing ; Maps / South East Asia / Andaman Islands / Nicobar Islands / Baratang Islands
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.75 G800 NAG Record No: H040451)
Tropical forests are diverse and highly productive of all existing ecosystems. The need of the hour is to protect them from the devastating effect of development. The initiative requires not only assessment of the change in vegetation pattern over years but continuous monitoring of associated diversity as well. Since, the extraction activities in the islands are under check in the existing management policies, the economic upliftment has switched over to the non-forest timber products (NNTP’s) (mainly canes and bamboos). The study proposes to foreground the islands having maximum cane diversity and have spotlight a comparative account of distribution in different parts of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The potential use of remote sensing is highly promising and the study is an approach for multidisciplinary assessments. The study is carried out in the tropical forests of Baratang Forest Division, Andaman Islands for the estimation of rattan and cane resources. The study has aimed to highlight the areas having dense growth of NTPF’s using spatial analysis. Distribution pattern of Licula peltata, a palm of high commercial importance has also been analysed. It also attempts to prepare map for the region highlighting areas of high rattan diversity using IRS IC LISS-III data. The necessary set of attributes at a resolution sufficient for monitoring the distribution of rattan species in the islands is also described. A vegetation cover type map was prepared and the ground details were integrated to establish a correlation between the upper storey and the under storey forms.
5 Vigiak, Olga; Ribolzi, O.; Pierret, A.; Sengtaheuanghoung, O.; Valentin, Christian. 2008. Trapping efficiencies of cultivated and natural riparian vegetation of northern Laos. Journal of Environmental Quality, 37: 889–897.
Riparian vegetation ; Sedimentation ; Rivers ; Runoff ; Control methods ; Sloping land ; Cultivation ; Rice ; Vegetables ; Teak ; Bananas ; Bamboos / Laos / Houay Pano Catchment
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.5 G708 VIG Record No: H040503)
In northern Laos, intensification of cultivation on sloping land leads to accelerated erosion processes. Management of riparian land may counteract the negative impacts of higher sediment delivery rates on water quality. This study assessed water and sediment concentration trapping efficiencies of riparian vegetation in northern Laos and the effect of cultivation of riparian land on water quality. Runoff flowing in and out of selected riparian sites was monitored by means of open troughs. In 2005, two native grass, two bamboo, and two banana sites were monitored. In 2006, adjacent to steep banana, bamboo, and native grass sites, three upland rice sites were established and monitored. Water trapping efficiency (WTE) and sediment concentration trapping efficiency (SCTE) were calculated on an event basis; means and 95% confi dence intervals (CIs) were estimated with a bootstrapping approach. Confidence intervals were large and overlapping among sites. Seepage conditions severely limited trapping efficiency. Native grass resulted in the highest WTE (95% CI, -0.10 to 0.23), which was not significantly different from zero. Banana resulted in the highest SCTE (95% CI, 0.06–0.40). Bamboo had negative WTE and SCTE. Median outflow runoff from rice sites was nine times the inflow. Median outflow sediment concentration from rice sites was two to five times that of their adjacent sites and two to five times the inflow sediment concentration. Although lowtillage banana plantation may reduce sediment concentration of runoff, cultivation of annual crops in riparian land leads to delivery of turbid runoff into the stream, thus severely affecting stream water quality.
6 Hazarika, M. 2013. Prospects and problems of drip irrigation in citrus cultivation in Meghalaya, India with special reference to bamboo drip irrigation. In Palanisami, Kuppannan; Sharda, V. N.; Singh, D. V. (Eds.). Water management in the hill regions: evidence from field studies. [Outcome of the IWMI and ICAR Workshop organized by IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program]. New Delhi, India: Bloomsbury Publishing India. pp.95-105.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G635 PAL Record No: H045730)
7 Lan, L. N.; Wichelns, D.; Milan, Florence; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Phuong, N. D. 2016. Household opportunity costs of protecting and developing forest lands in Son La and Hoa Binh Provinces, Vietnam. International Journal of the Commons, 10(2):902-928. [doi: https://doi.org/10.18352/ijc.620]
Opportunity costs ; Household expenditure ; Forest land use ; Forest management ; Forest protection ; Bamboos ; Cassava ; Maize ; Payment agreements ; Environmental services ; Planting ; Farmers ; Smallholders ; Ecosystem services / Vietnam / Son La Province / Hoa Binh Province
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047824)
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Vietnam has pilot-tested a payment for forest environmental services (PFES) program in an effort to restore and protect forest areas, some of which have been severely degraded by the excessive cutting of trees by small-scale farmers planting annual crops on steep, sloping lands. The pilot program implemented in southern Vietnam seems to be successful, yet the program in northern Vietnam has not produced the desired rates of planting and maintaining forest areas. The reasons for these mixed results include differences in socio-economic characteristics and also the production and marketing opportunities available to rural households in the project areas. To gain insight regarding program participation, we examine the household-level opportunity costs of planting and maintaining small plots of forest trees in northern Vietnam. We find that small-scale farmers in Hoa Binh Province, with limited financial resources, prefer the annual revenue stream provided by crops such as maize and cassava, rather than waiting for 7 years to obtain revenue from a forest planting. Farmers in Son La Province, with limited access to markets, prefer annual crops because they are not able to sell bamboo shoots and other forest products harvested from their small plots. In both provinces, the payments offered for planting and maintaining forest trees are smaller than the opportunity costs of planting and harvesting annual crops. Thus, most households likely would choose not to participate in the PFES program, at current payment rates, if given the opportunity to decline.
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