Chapter 1: Introduction
1. Wildlife and forest conservation in J & K: an introduction
2. Political ecology: approaches and analytical framework
3. Theoretical positioning
4. Contesting conservation: what this study contributes
5. Chapter layout
Chapter 2: Jammu and Kashmir: contextualising conservation in specific sites
1.1. Jammu and Kashmir: an introduction
1.2. Field locations
2.1. Ethnography of conservation interventions
2.2. Description of fieldwork
2.3. Research in the context of violent conflict
Chapter 3: Tibetan Antelope and Shahtoosh Shawl: a brief history
1.1. Chiru and its habitat
1.2. The shahtoosh wool: myths and realities
2.1. From raw wool to finished shawl: the production process
2.2. Shahtoosh workers: population and distribution
3.1. Origin and development of the shawl industry
3.2. Marginalisation and exploitation of the shawl workers: pre-independence
3.3. Shahtoosh workers and the new state: post-independence
4. Conclusion
Chapter 4: The Ban on Shahtoosh: sustainability for whom?
1.1. The ban on shahtoosh: a chronology of events.- 1.2. The prospects of chiru farming: observations of the 'expert group'
2.1. Weak enforcement and split role of the state
2.2. Shawl workers response to the ban: protest and politics
3.1. The trade continues: illegality and shadow networks of shahtoosh
3.2. Militancy and shahtoosh: exploring the connections
4. Conclusion
Chapter 5: The Micropolitics of the Ban on Shahtoosh: costs and reparations
1.1. The origin of wool and the unpopularity of the ban
1.2. Different categories, differential impact
1.3. Machines and adulteration
1.4. Decreasing wages, increasing prices: strategies of labour exploitation and control
1.5. Declining social prestige and cultural heritage
2. Rehabilitation and alternative livelihoods: accountability of whom?
3. Conclusion
Chapter 6: Forests, State and People: a historical account of forest management and control in J & K
1. Forest management in early colonial period
2. Local access versus commercial needs: the politics of scientific forestry in the late colonial period
3. National interests versus local needs: the politics of forest management in the post-colonial period
4. Conclusion
Chapter 7: Joint Management of Forests and Split Role of the State: the politics of forest conservation in J & K
1. Joint management of forests: new arenas of 'partnership' and 'participation'
2. Setting the scene: interplay between centre, state and non-state actors
3.1. Navni and Chinnora: a brief introduction
3.2. Our forests, their timber: the politics of resource control
3.3. Split role of the field-staff: forest regulations vis-a-vis local needs
4. Conclusion
Chapter 8: The Micropolitics of Forest Use and Control: new spaces for cooperation and conflict
1.1. From centralisation to decentralisation: do blockages disappear?
1.2. Panchayat and JFMC: conflicting powers and functions
2. Increased biomass, reduced access
3. Illegal timber felling: what if fence eats the grass?
4. Conclusion
Chapter 9: On Conservation Politics: cooperation, conflicts and contestations
1. Power as dispersed and fluid
2. Between cooperation and conflict: spaces for contestation
3. Who is accountable?
4. Policy implications
5. Conclusion
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