Fuelwood Consumption Pattern of Van-Gujjars <i>Vis-a-Vis</i> Adjoining Villages of Kalagarh and Lansdown Forest Division, Uttarakhand

Chander Shekhar; A. K. Negi; Ram Gopal

doi:10.36808/if/2019/v145i2/144285

Fuelwood Consumption Pattern of Van-Gujjars Vis-a-Vis Adjoining Villages of Kalagarh and Lansdown Forest Division, Uttarakhand

Authors

Chander Shekhar Division of Genetics and Tree Propagation, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
A. K. Negi Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar (Garhwal) Uttarakhand
Ram Gopal Division of Genetics and Tree Propagation, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2019/v145i2/144285

Keywords:

Van Gujjars, Villagers, Settlement, Fuelwood Consumption.

Abstract

The present study was carried out in 2013 to understand the fuelwood consumption pattern by Van Gujjars and adjacent villagers in and Kalagarh and Lansdown Forest Division, Uttarakhand. A total of twenty four settlements of Van Gujjars and fifteen settlements of adjacent villages were surveyed. Overall average fuelwood consumption in context to family size and income group was higher in Van Gujjars community compared to adjacent villagers. During that time, lack of communication, high prices of alternative source of energy, poor financial condition were the key factors for dependency on forest for fuel and fodder.

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