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Ecological Economics

Ecological Economics at ATREE aims at applying principles and tools from Economics to analyse man made changes in land, water and forest resources. This encompasses both ex ante and ex-post analyses of shifts in use and management of natural resources. The objective is to elicit economic arguments for socially responsible conservation. Such economic arguments can guide formulation of policies related to natural resource management focusing at long-term social well-being.

Projects

Economics of Land Use Options in a Degraded Tropical Dry-Deciduous Forest Tract
Seema Purushothaman

The dynamics of land use changes in the peripheries of dry forests of Western ghats was evaluated to highlight the need for land-use regulation in the forest peripheries (more...)

Modeling spacio-temporal land use trends in India.
Seema Purushothaman

ATREE is initiating an effort to analyse district level secondary data on land-use, rainfall and population so as to arrive at the major drivers of changes in land-use across the Western ghats states (more...)

Socio-economic appraisal of conservation-linked collective action
Seema Purushothaman

ATREE has been promoting women Self-help Groups (SHGs) with the objective of fostering conservation-linked livelihoods in its focus areas of Western ghats. (more...)