List of Tables, Figures and Annexures

Foreword

Preface

1. Introduction

   • Background
   • Criticality of Nature Capital
   • Understanding Community
   • Social Capital, Power Relations and Institutions
   • Objectives
   • Methodology
   • Sampling Design
   • The Plan of the Book

2. Pastureland Development

   • Introduction
   • The Social Context
   • Institutional Renovation
   • Organisational Networking
   • Formalisation of VDS
   • Framing of Rules
   • Institutional Flexibility
   • Head Load System
   • Coping Strategy
   • Distribution Mechanism
   • Institutional Renovation or Failure?
   • Gains from Institutional Renovation
   • The Social Context
   • Resource Base of the Village
   • Making an Institution
   • Gains from Institutional Renovation
   • Institutional Stability
   • Floral Diversity
   • Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Soil
   • Commentary
   • Analysis of Probable Scenarios
   • Conclusion

3. Rainwater Harvesting

   • Introduction
   • The Study Area: A Brief Outline
   • Entry of TBS
   • Development Contrasts: Upstream Versus Downstream
   • Changing Agricultural Scenario
   • Cropping Pattern and Crop Yield
   • Livestock Development
   • Floral Diversity
   • Conclusion

4. Development of Farm Forestry

   • Introduction
   • Society and Panchayat
   • Society and IFFDC
   • Village Profile
   • Encroachment
   • Indigenous Technique
   • Management of Grass Distribution
   • Access to Resources
   • Ecological Impact
   • Floral Diversity
   • Employment Opportunities
   • Livestock
   • Other Probable Institutional Outcomes
   • Conclusion

5. Revival of a Degraded Forest

   • Introduction
   • Genesis of Institutional Development
   • Village Institution: Transition from Informal to Formal
   • Content of Social Capital
   • Framing of Rules
   • Plantation Programme
   • Resource Base and its Changing Status
   • Access to Improved Resource Base
   • Ecological Impact
   • Floral Diversity
   • Surviving Species: Planted Versus Native
   • Plot-wise Analysis of Survival of Plants
   • Institutional Prospects: Was Reconciliation Successful?
   • Conclusion

6. Micro Watershed Development

   • Introduction
   • Past Initiatives
   • Entry of PSBUSS
   • Institution Building
   • River Training Works
   • Management of Drinking Water Supply
   • Plantation and Sand Dune Stabilisation
   • Floral Diversity
   • Importance Value Index (IVI)
   • Soil Characteristics
   • Changing Land Use Pattern
   • Changing Educational Background
   • Changing Status of Livestock Resources
   • Conclusion

7. Women’s Gain

   • Introduction
   • Approaches
   • Women’s Participation
   • Gains from Intervention
   • Conclusion

8. Summing Up

   • Power Relations, Social Processes and Institutional Sustainability
   • Entitlement to Improved Resource Base
   • Ecological and Institutional Resilience
   • Gains for the Village Economy
   • Women’s Gain
   • Institutional Performance and Capacity Building
   • Market and Community Institution

9. In Search of an Alternative Perspective

   • Ecology, Poverty and Local Institutions

References

Annexures

Index