CONTENTS List of Tables, Figures, Boxes and Appendices 9 Foreword . 13 Contributors to the Volume .. 15 Acknowledgements .. 19 1. Introduction NIRMAL SENGUPTA2 1 2. Tribal Man in the Humid Tropics P.S. RAMAKRISHNAN3 1 Introduction Humid Tropics-A Unique Ecosystem Type Forest Farming Animal Husbandry Distortions in the Relationship between Man and Nature Man and Nature: Building The Bridge 3. Marine Fisheries: Knowledge, Production and Distribution K.T. THOMSON 5 7 Introduction The Study Area Location of Fish Seasonal Distribution of Fish in Colachel Major Instruments of Production Cooperation and the Labour Processes Seasons and the Natural Selection of Labour Processes Communal Property and the Community Cooperation, Hierarchy and Economic Organisation of Work in Colachel Distribution of the Social Product Other Economic Relations Conclusion 4. Housing-Public Policy Priorities AROMAR REVI 9 7 Introduction Current Situation An Action Plan for Rural Housing 5. Neglected Sources of Irrigation NIRMAL SENGUPTA 121 Introduction Extent of User-friendly Irrigation Data Sources Current Trends and Decay Scope of Extension 6. Arsenic Catastrophe and a Safer Tradition MEERA M. HIRA SMITH 147 Introduction Objective Method Maintenance Conclusion Additional Note 7. The Economy of Homestead Garden MOUCHUMI K. BORGOHAIN.. 1 6 1 Introduction Methodology The Findings The Role of Homestead Garden Conclusion 8. Intellectual Property Rights: Options Assessment APARNA BHAGIRATHY 175 Intellectual Property Protection in Knowledge Goods Economics of Intellectual Property Rights Cumulative Innovation Theories A Cumulative Innovation Model for Traditional Knowledge The Model Conclusions Contents 7 9. Economics of Bioprospecting PUSHPAM KUMAR and NORI TARUI 203 Introduction Value of the Benefits from Bioprospecting: Review of Literature A Critical Evaluation Conclusion 10. Marketing of Ayurvedic Medicine MADHULIKA BANERJEE 221 Dabur: A 100 Years of Caring Product Profiling: From Drug to Concept Positioning and the Politics of Images Packaging the Social Character of a Commodity Conclusion: Power, Culture, Medicine 11. Pollution Control by Natural Dyes G. BADRI NARAYANAN 255 Introduction Literature Review Methodology Results Conclusions Possible Extensions 12. From Carcass Disposal to Social Empowerment T. RAMASAMI 287 Background of the Project Carcass Recovery and Utilisation The Kolhapuri Footwear Costs and Benefits Patenting and Commercialisation Summary 13. Crafts in a Globalising World APARNA BHAGIRATHY and NIRMAL SENGUPTA .297 References ..309 Index 319