Strategies for the Sustainable Development of Tribes of Purulia District in West Bengal
- Author Susmita Mondal
- Co-Author Jugantar Mishra
- DOI https://ww
- Country : India
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Keywords : Environment, Sustainable Development, Tribes, Traditional Knowledge, Cultural heritage, Tribes of Purulia.
Abstract
This paper provides the existing inter relationship between environment and sustainable development among the tribes of Purulia. The study provides insights on the environmental concerns of ‘Sustainable development’ of tribal communities of Purulia. The main objective of the study is to analyse how tribal communities of Purulia district in West Bengal react on environment and sustainable development. The data was collected from various tribes of Purulia and the data was analysed by qualitative method. In this paper researcher found that tribal culture, tribal livelihoods, indigenous knowledge of tribals in protection of environment, their sustainable behavior for conservation and regeneration of natural resources and their traditional strategies for save environment. The effect of deforestation, unscientific digging of mines, excessive cutting of hills and land and their negative effect on environment in Purulia are also stated here. For protection of environment tribals use several sustainable methods but more Government help should be needed for protection of tribals of Purulia.
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