As the authors see it, social forestry in India emerged to serve commercial interests of the economic and social elites of the Indian class and caste hierarchy. They discuss the issue of land ownership and tenure in social forestry, the role of the Forest Department in social forestry, people's...

The authors discuss land use policy for Bangladesh paying special attention to land ownership, land utilization, irrigation of agricultural land, deplation of forest land, urban encroachment, water management within and across the border among other issues. (DÜI-Sen)