Hunting of kebung (Ratufa bicolor) and other squirrel species from morang forest by the Adi tribe of Arunachal Pradesh, India: biocultural conservation and livelihood dimensions

• Published in: Regional environmental change Vol. 14; no. 4; pp. 1479 - 1490
• Main Authors: Singh, Ranjay K., Alves, Romulor N., Ralen, Orik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.08.2014; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Climate Change; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Earth and Environmental Science; Environment; Flowers & plants; Forests; Geography; Hunting; Indigenous peoples; Livelihood; Nature Conservation; Oceanography; Original Article; Overhunting; Protection and preservation; Regional/Spatial Science; Rodents; Slash and burn; Social aspects; Surveys; Sustainability management; India; Arunachal Pradesh India; India, Arunachal Pradesh; squirrel species; forest; Hunting; tribe; Sustainability; Conservation; Biocultural diversity

Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India is considered a biocultural diversity hotspot, with diverse tribal peoples and immense floral and faunal diversity. This rich diversity, sustained through the morang (community forests) and jhum (slash and burn) cultivation systems, is the backbone of native c...