Wild Food Plants

History, Use, and Impacts of Globalization, Wild Food Plants for Zero Hunger and Resilient Agriculture

Value articulation in environmental appraisal: which values, whose values, and how valued?

Sharachchandra Lele Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability | August 2023 Large infrastructure projects, such as ports, dams, highways, and mines, cause major negative environmental impacts, most felt by local communities but affecting other stakeholders as well. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and associated Social Impact Assessment (SIA) are tools that together constitute the core of the concept of […]

Never-ending injustice: Forest villages of Madhya Pradesh

Sharachchandra Lele, Venkat Ramanujam Hindustan Times | May 19, 2023 Colonial forest policy imposed many injustices on forest-dependent communities in mainland India, including ignoring pre-existing cultivation and taking away people’s rights to access and manage the forest. Perhaps the most extreme form of these ‘historical injustices’ is the creation of ‘Forest Villages’ (FVs) in central […]

वन व्यवस्थापनाच्या वळण वाटा (उत्तरार्ध)

Atul Joshi Marathi News | March 26, 2023 मागील लेखात आपण ब्रिटिश काळात महसूल निर्मितीच्या उद्देशाने सुरू झालेल्या वन व्यवस्थापनाचा १९७०च्या दशकापर्यंतचा प्रवास पहिला. या भागात वन व्यवस्थापन आणि त्याच्याशी निगडित संशोधनाचा आतापर्यंतचा विस्तार जाणून घेऊ.

Silvicultural practices in the management of Diospyros melanoxylon (Tendu) leaf production: options and trade‑offs

Anuja Anil Date , Ankila J. Hiremath, Atul Arvind Joshi and Sharachchandra Lele Economic Botany | 23 March 2023 Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are known to provide livelihoods for forest-based communities across the world. While ensuring the sustainability of NTFP harvests is a key challenge, optimizing the production of NTFPs through appropriate silvicultural practices is […]