Law, Land Use and the Environment : Afro-Indian Dialogues (Part of the Text in French)

Contents: Foreword and preface/David Annoussamy. I. Introduction: 1. Law, land use and the environment: an introduction/Christoph Eberhard. II. African perspectives: 2. "Local is Lekker" devolution of land rights to community-based organizations and the sustainable use of local natural assets: the CBNRM National Program in Namibia/Renaud Lapeyre. III. Indian perspectives: 3. Situating law: Adivasi Rights and the political economy of environment and development in India/Ajit Menon. 4. Land laws, minerals and development: a case for legislative innovations/D. Parthasarathy. 5. Panchayati Raj Institutions, fisheries sector and coastal ecosystems/J.B. Rajan and T.P. Haribabu. 6. The illegal practice of cultivation in irrigation tanks: an approach to legal pluralism through actor\'s narratives/Iganatius Prabhakar. 7. Water law reforms in India/Philippe Cullet. 8. Environment and Human Rights\' Law: an Indian perspective/V. Balaji. [12 Articles are in French].

"Our present in characterized by a heretofore unknown pressure on the environment, raising our awareness of the fragility of our planet and our responsibility to preserve it. How to reconcile this exigency with the challenge of demography explosion? How to ensure a use of natural resources for human well-being that is not entirely dictated by market forces? How to rethink the relation between man and land and the environment? The terms \'governance\' and \'sustainable development\' contribute to a reshaping of the law that is aimed at articulating contemporary political, social, economic and environmental issues. The focus of this book is on the major stakes involved and on the way to elaborate possible modes of thought and action through the exploration of African and India situations by means of an interdisciplinary and intercultural approach. By promoting a \'South - South\' dialogue, it also decanters global reflections that continue to be largely dominated by the \'North\'."