Study on Dependence of 'Thadou-Kuki' Tribe on forest in the Current Socio-economic Scenario in Manipur

Abstract

Forests provide a number of goods and services to the people. The dependence is very high especially amongst the tribals who live close to nature and collect food, fuelwood, timber, bamboos, medicinal plants and other non-wood products from the forests. However, with the increasing socio-economic standard of the people, their dependence on forests is gradually decreasing for certain goods and services. The present paper discusses the impact of development process and socio-economic scenario on the dependency scenario of 'Thadou- Kukis' on forests.