Natural Resource Management for Eco-development and Livelihood Security 1st Edition

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Overexploitation and improper management of natural resources cause threat to the sustainability of production systems and lead to environmental degradation. Conservation of natural resources is an issue of utmost concern for sustainable development and improvement of livelihood securities. Towards this, several programmes/schemes of State/Central Govts. are being implemented in the country with major focus on participatory watershed management. With this background, a Conference on ???Natural Resource Management for Eco-Development and Livelihood Security in Southern India??? (NRMELSI-2005) was organized to bring together researchers, scientists, policy makers, planners, administrators, NGOs and stakeholders on a common platfrom to share and discuss technological advancements. expertienes and other issues related to natural resource persons, experts, experiences and other issues related to natural resource management in South India. In all, 112 registered delegates, many invited resource persons, experts, research managers and policy planners participated in the two days deliberations covering 12 States, 29 ICAR Institutes and NRCs, 5 SAUs and 24 Central and State agencies including NOGs. A total of 78 papers including key note addresses and posters were presented. The deliberations in the conference were brought out in the form of recommendations which could help formulating a policy framework for improving the efficiency and efficacy of ongoing and forthcoming resource conservation programmes in southern states of the country to support quality life of the masses. Table Of Contents Appraisal of Resources and their degradation in South India An appraisal of soil resources, their constratints and potentials for land use in south India Estimation of Natural rainfall recharge: A case study in humind tropics Characterization of Prominent shade tree leaves for major and secondary nutrients in coofee production system of Karnataka Ecology of economically important plants in the under stories of sholas at Manjur, the Nilgiris Artificial Recharge sites identification in a typical semi-arid terrain of Progressively lowering groundwater levels Groundwater Quality and its suitability for irrigatin practice in tondiar Basin, Tamil Nadu Hydrological drought analysis with available Data: A case study from Andhra Pradesh Need for an Envrionment Database for Natural Resource Management Sujala: A participatory integrated watershed development Project for sustainable natural resource management and livelihood security in Karanataka Sensors and instrumentation techniques for natural resource management Behavior of runoff and soil loss under different conservation measures in New tea plantation Studies on Coastal erosion violent tsunami and benevolent mangroves Role of suitable variety in sustaning potato yield in the nilgiris Medicinal and aromati plants for Eco Development and livelihood security in southern India Effect of Planting Method on Bio-Fence species, Crop Yield and soil conservation in Deep Black soils of semi-arid Region of south India Intensive potato-based cropping systems for the Nilgiris Productive utilization of paddy lands for pisciculture during post-monsoon period in Goa Rainwater harvesting: experiences from lakshadweep Islands Effectiveness of Artificial Recharge structures in Har Rock Areas of coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu: A case study Recharge and discherge studies in laterite soils Evaluation of different microcatchment water harvesting techniques for teak (Tectona Grandis) Some lessons from socio-economic approaches to land use management Quantification and valuation of intangible beneefits from participatory micro-integrated watershed projects: A participatory research for scarce natural resource management in Karnataka Ensuring sustainbility of watershed projects through community-based Institutions: An experience in MYRADA kattery watershed project Economic analysis of salinity and its impact on resource use in different rice production envrionemnts in south India Impact of NWDPRA on Mastihalla watershed, Bellary: A sociological study Intitutional constraints of the New Policy paradigm of watershed management programme Dairying for Remunerative livelihoods: An enquiry in a semi-arid watershed Land use changes and livelihood Issues in the tribal farming systems of the High Ranges of Kerala Indigenous Agricultural practices of tribal in conservation of natural resources