De jure and De facto Land Management Approaches of Forest Officials: Reflections from the Field and Archives

Nita  Shashidharan

doi:10.37773/ees.v8i1.1455

Authors

Nita Shashidharan Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37773/ees.v8i1.1455

Keywords:

Land Management , Field , Archives, Forest Officials

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Author Biography

Nita Shashidharan, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)

Doctoral Student, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore, Karnataka, India and Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, Karnataka, India

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