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Detailed analyses of the utilisation of the natural forest and its forest products by the community of a small Indian Himalayan village, reveal various interactions between the forest, the people, their agricultural systems and their methods of animal husbandry. Biomass flow systems have been identified and processes of forest and environmental degradation described.
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Datt, D. Biomass systems and environmental degradation in an Himalayan village. Environmentalist 13, 169–182 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01901379
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