Household dynamics and small timber consumption in rural Kashmir (J&K), India
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The study examined the extraction and consumption pattern of small timber and its socioeconomic and forest resource determinants among the rural people in district Ganderbal of Kashmir. The results showed that the total extraction of small timber from different sources in the sample villages was 39.46 tons annum-1, which is mostly consumed in housing and roofing (39.63%) followed by cattle shed/ store house (15.25%), rural furniture/ packing cases (14.75%), agricultural implements (13.25%), fencing (12.50%) and others (4.62%). The total small timber demand was 47.88 m3 annum-1, which is mostly procured from agroforestry (42.57%) followed by forests (26.09%), homestead forestry (17.05%) and social/ community forestry (14.29%). The people were destitute with respect to socioeconomic attributes while they are well-off regarding forest resource characteristics. Correlation and multiple regression analysis established a robust relationship between small timber consumption and socioeconomic and forest resource parameters. The small timber flow from forests to the sample villages is excessive as compared to the national estimates, creating threats to the biodiversity conservation and ecological stability of the adjoining forests. The over-utilization of forest biomass by the local people is leading to degradation of forest resources and diminished biomass productivity, which in turn induce socioeconomic and livelihood stress. Therefore, some alternative interventions are essential to be implemented efficiently to keep pace with current development and future challenges.
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Consumption, Extraction, Forest resource, Kashmir, Small timber, Socioeconomic
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Singha, A.K., Talukdar, R.K. and Singha, J.K. (2006). Maintenance behaviour of forest resources by the peo-ple of forest villagers in Assam. Indian Journal of For-estry, 29(1): 47-54
Snedecor, G.W. and Cochran, W.G. (1967). Statistical meth-ods. Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa-50010
Sood, K.K., Najiar, C., Singh, K.A., Handique, P., Singh, B. and Rethy, P. (2008). Association between socio-economic parameters and agroforestry uptake: evidenc-es from eastern Himalaya. Indian Journal of Forestry, 31(4): 559-564
Srivastava, S. (2006). Dependence of local people and issues in conserving local resources: case of Dalma wildlife sanctuary, Jharkhand. Indian Forester, 132(1): 31-42
Thamban, C., Vasanthakumar, J., Arulraj, S., Mathew, A.C. and Muralidharan, K. (2008). Farmer’s participation in the field implementation of micro-irrigation systems. Journal of Plantation Crops, 36(3): 522-525
Venkataramaiah, P. (1990). Development of socio-economic status scale, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Agricultural Extension, UAS, Bangalore
World Bank (2006). India: Unlocking Opportunities for Forest Dependent People in India. Report No. 34481 - IN, World Bank: South Asia Region, pp. 85
Yadav, M. and Basera, K. (2013). Status of Forest Products Production and Trade Working paper - Centre for SFM & FC, IIFM Bhopal, pp. 1-14
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Household dynamics and small timber consumption in rural Kashmir (J&K), India. (2016). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 8(4), 2021-2028. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v8i4.1081
