Revisiting the ‘Kerala Model’

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tapoja Chaudhuri
Keyword(s):  
Distributive Justice ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
International Capital ◽  
Unique Region ◽  
Tiger Reserve ◽  
Ethnographic Data ◽  
Actor Networks ◽  
Periyar Tiger Reserve

For several decades after Independence, the ‘Kerala model’ provided a development alternative that set it apart from the rest of India. The recent rise of Kerala as a fast growing ‘responsible’ tourism destination has led to a resurgence of this narrative of exceptionalism. This article charts the shift from the ‘old’ Kerala development model, and its emphasis on distributive justice, to the ‘new’ Kerala model that nurtures public–private partnerships, in understanding how Kerala’s reputation as a unique region in India is maintained amid significant socioeconomic and political changes. Specifically, the article draws on ethnographic data from the Kumily/Periyar Tiger Reserve region in analyzing how unique locale-specific networks of biodiversity conservation ideologies, international capital and notions of environmental citizenship contribute to overall placemaking in Kerala. These regional identities are formed through the confluence of several ideologies, influences and personnel, thereby contributing to unique ‘actor-networks’ that emerge at specific locales.

scholarly journals From policing to 'social fencing': shifting moral economies of biodiversity conservation in a South Indian Tiger Reserve

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tapoja Chaudhuri
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Identity Politics ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Economic Incentives ◽  
Development Project ◽  
South Indian ◽  
Tiger Reserve ◽  
Periyar Tiger Reserve

In recent years, scholarly and civil society debates regarding tiger conservation in India have been sharply divided both in favor and against the efficacy of 'fortress' models of conservation that discourage subsistence-level access to resources by the local poor. Such debates have been further intensified since 2005 due to a drastic drop in the wild tiger population – presumably due to illegal poaching – and the passing of a Forest Rights Act that grants forest lands ownership rights to traditional forest-dependent communities. This article analyzes local community-forest collaboration in the Periyar Tiger Reserve in Kerala in Southern India. Periyar Tiger Reserve has been the only 'success story' out of the seven national parks where the India Eco-Development Project was implemented in 1997. The IEDP was funded by the World Bank, the Global Environmental Facility, and the Government of India to solicit the support of forest-adjacent communities in protecting wildlife habitats by offering them market-based livelihood opportunities. Information comes from ethnographic research conducted ten years after the Eco-Development Project was first implemented, and studies of the evolving nature of state-community relationships under the umbrella of a newly formed 'Government Organized Non-Governmental Organization' or GONGO. Theoretically, the article focuses the role of emotions and identity politics in shaping the worldviews of the participating community members, and not on the economic incentives of stakeholders. In doing so, I propose a more nuanced analysis of community-state relationships than is offered by polarized debates amongst conservationists and people's rights advocates in India and elsewhere. I illustrate the sense of ownership and regional pride shared by different social actors, in the context of the continuation of the fortress model of conservation.Keywords: Biodiversity conservation, fortress conservation, eco-development, social fencing, identity politics, indigenous communities, tiger reserve, Kerala, India.

How can spatio-temporal overlap in mammals assist in maximizing biodiversity conservation? A case study of Periyar Tiger Reserve

Biologia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 1255-1265
Author(s):  
Thekke Thumbath Shameer ◽  
Ninad Avinash Mungi ◽  
Babu Ramesh ◽  
Silpa Valsala Kumar ◽  
Pulikunnel Syedmohamed Easa
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Tiger Reserve ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Periyar Tiger Reserve ◽  
Temporal Overlap

scholarly journals Notes on the extended distribution of Humboldtia bourdillonii (Fabales: Fabaceae), an Endangered tree legume in the Western Ghats, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 14886-14890
Author(s):  
Anoop P. Balan ◽  
A. J. Robi ◽  
S. V. Predeep
Keyword(s):  
Endemic Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Tree Legume ◽  
Endangered Tree ◽  
Conservation Measures ◽  
Tiger Reserve ◽  
Kerala State ◽  
Periyar Tiger Reserve ◽  
The Western Ghats

Humboldtia bourdillonii is an Endangered tree legume; considered endemic to its type locality in the Periyar Tiger Reserve in Idukki District of Kerala State.  A new population of this highly threatened endemic species is located in the Vagamon Hills of Kottayam District which is about 70km away from its original locality.  The newly located population is drastically affected by the severe floods and landslides that occurred in Kerala state during August 2018.  Urgent conservation measures are needed to protect the population from further loss.  

scholarly journals SCREENING OF ACTINOMYCETES ISOLATED FROM NATURAL ECOSYSTEM (PERIYAR TIGER RESERVE, KERALA) FOR LIPASE INHIBITORY ACTIVITIES

2019 ◽  
pp. 237-241
Author(s):  
DIKSHA KUMARI ◽  
DEEPU SURENDRAN ◽  
ESLIN KHYMDEIT ◽  
VENKATA KRISHNA BAYINENI
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
Inhibitory Activity ◽  
Mesh Size ◽  
Active Principle ◽  
Natural Ecosystem ◽  
16S Rrna Sequence ◽  
Tiger Reserve ◽  
Secondary Screening ◽  
Inhibitory Activities ◽  
Periyar Tiger Reserve

Objectives: The present study was undertaken to screen pancreatic lipase inhibitory activity of crude extracts of actinomycetes species isolated from the soil sediments of Periyar Tiger Reserve, Kerala. The identified lipase inhibitory activity was partially purified, and the selected isolate was identified by 16S rRNA sequencing. Methods: The preliminary screening for the extracellular lipase inhibitory activities of actinomycetes isolates was performed by inoculating the culture to the test tubes containing inoculation media in submerged condition. The lipase inhibitory activities were again evaluated based on secondary screening on the production media and the strain which produced consistent highest lipase inhibitory activity was selected for further studies. The crude extract from the selected strain was subjected to solvent extraction and partially purified by plain silica gel column (mesh size 100–200 μm; column 300 mm×18 mm) and eluted with different solvents in the increasing order of polarity and all the solvent fractions were checked for lipase inhibitory activity. Results: Based on the secondary screening on the production of media, DDE6 strain showed highest lipase inhibitory activity (96.2%) and was selected for further studies. The dichloromethane extract showed the highest lipase inhibitory activity (96.38%) when compared to other solvents. The partial 16S rRNA sequence analysis of DDE6 isolate confirmed the strain as Curtobacterium oceanosedimentum. Conclusion: Many research publications have reported the isolation of Curtobacterium species and its type strains. However, this is the first time to report its potential to produce lipase inhibitor metabolite under submerged fermentation conditions. Further, studies are needed to be conducted to characterize the active principle of lipase inhibition as well as to elucidate the structure of the extracted compound.

scholarly journals Regional innovative development model of ecotourism infrastructure

2020 ◽  
Vol 106 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-34
Author(s):  
H. Dovhal ◽  
◽  
L. Bezuhla ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Private Investment ◽  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Innovative Development ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Innovation Model ◽  
Regional Programs

The article analyses and summarizes the regulatory framework for regulating the development of the tourism sector and regional programs on the example of the Dnipropetrovsk region. The set of barriers hindering the effective formation and development of ecotourism infrastructure in the region is revealed. A regional innovation model for the development of ecotourism infrastructure is proposed, the introduction of which will contribute to the growth of rural incomes, increased revenues to local budgets, reduced unemployment by creating additional jobs, enhancing the development of small business in the villages of the region and public-private partnerships by attracting private investment.

Sustainable Tourism Development: the Case of Periyar Tiger Reserve

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-140
Author(s):  
M. R. Dileep
Keyword(s):  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Human Environment ◽  
Sustainable Tourism Development ◽  
Tiger Reserve ◽  
The World ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Periyar Tiger Reserve ◽  
Second World ◽  
Modern Form

Tourism, evolved through many centuries, is one of the most vibrant, growing and economically useful activities in the world having wide cultural and social ramifications. In its modern form, since the end of the Second World War; tourism has grown into one of the world's largest industries with a growth rate in excess of 5 percent per annum over the past twenty years. It is accepted that tourism is a major force in the economy of the world, an activity of global importance & significance (Cooper, et. al, 1996). This most rapidly expanding industry is contributing over ten per cent to global GDP and generating employment for 200 million people (WTTC). It is reported that Travel & Tourism can be part of the solution to world problems, such as bridging the gap between the 'have's and 'have nots'. As an economic activity it can help contribute to the alleviation of poverty in almost all the areas of the globe. But at the same time attention has also been focused on the impacts of tourism on different spheres, in particular on the physical and human environment of destination, creating new, vitally important issues of consideration on this tourism agenda.

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