Introduction Acknowledgements The Contributors 1. Forest and Tribals : A Historical Review of Forest Policy 1 - Buddhadeb Choudhuri 2. State Forest Policy and Adivasi Self-rule in Jharkhand 18 - Sanjay Bosu Mullick 3. Implementation of Forest Law: A Case Study in East Singhbhum of Jharkhand 30 - Ashok Kumar Sinha 4. The Collective Wisdom and Excellences Related to World Views on Forest, Biodiversity and Nature-Man-Spirit Complex of the Indigenous People of Eastern India 36 - Pashupati Prasad Mahato and Kshirod Chandra Mahato 5. Philosophising Adivasi Ecological Perspective 48 - Padmaja Sen 6. Changing Ecology and its Impact on Lodha Tribe of West Bengal 60 - Amit Saurabh Petty 7. Ecological Ideologies in Tribal Folklore of Eastern India 71 - Adikanda Mahanta 8. Protected Forest Rules and Ho Social Protest 78 - Asoka Kumar Sen 9. Jungle Katai Andolan (1978) and Singhbhum 89 - Chittaranjan Kumar Paty 10. Jarawa : The Negrito Forest Dwellers of the Andaman Islands 100 - Chumki Piplai 11. The Munda: A Forest Grower in Baratang 107 - S.K. Bhattacharya 12. Forest as the Material Basis of Tribal Society during Colonial Period 112 - Ashok Kumar Verma 13. Symbiotic Relationship of Tribals and Forest: Role of Tribals in MFP Marketing in Eastern India 123 - Aruna Shrivastava 14. Forest and Development: Anthropological Perspectives 132 - Dipak Piplai 15. Forest Conservation Strategies: Economic Development and Human Welfare in Jharkhand - Dinesh Kumar Mishra Index