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Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change
Published in: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 2/2009

01-02-2009 | Original Article

Shifting regime shifted policy—interplay of interests in sustainability discourses of forest land use

Authors: Mohammad Ali, A. T. M. Rafiqul Hoque

Published in: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change | Issue 2/2009

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Abstract

This study investigates the influence of policy interests on resource sustainability. Information on ‘colonial interest’ of the British regime and the ‘commercial interest’ of the post-colonial regimes on forest land use of Bangladesh have been drawn on to show the interplay of interests on sustainability impacts. The findings show that both colonial and commercial interests have caused intensification of forest land use for production of economic crops like teak (Tectona grandis) and cash crops like tea (Camellia sinensis), cotton (Gossypium herbaceum and G. arboreum) and tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). The ‘colonial interest’ has also initiated the dispute of ownership, rights and tenure of forest land and resources. The post-colonial regimes have utilized colonial legacy as the privilege for implementing ‘commercial interests’. In both the cases traditional interests of people were disregarded. As a result, peoples’ participation in forestry was discouraged and the sustainability of forest land use was impeded.
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Metadata
Title
Shifting regime shifted policy—interplay of interests in sustainability discourses of forest land use
Authors
Mohammad Ali
A. T. M. Rafiqul Hoque
Publication date
01-02-2009
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change / Issue 2/2009
Print ISSN: 1381-2386
Electronic ISSN: 1573-1596
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-008-9154-5

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