Economics of Land Use Options in a Degraded Tropical Dry-Deciduous Forest Tract
Principal Investigator: Seema Purushothaman
Location: Anaikatty, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
Duration: 2003-2004
Funded by: South Asian Network of Development and Environmental Economics
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.
The project had the following objectives:
- To identify the economic and socially acceptable land-use strategies for a degraded dry deciduous forest tract near Coimbatore.
- To understand sustainable interactions between land-use practices, property rights, development policies and livelihood patterns.
- To conduct detailed economic analysis of these land use options.
 
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