Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

THE KHASI INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE: A CASE STUDY OF THE RI LYNGDOH MAWLONG PROTECTED FOREST, MEGHALAYA, INDIA

Charles Reuben Lyngdohand Banshaikupar Lyngdoh Mawlong

Abstract

The present day environmental issues and challenges calls for the active participation and involvement of all stakeholders- from the state mechanism of governance to the traditional model of governance practiced by indigenous peoples. Indigenous peoples with its wealth of environmental governance models may very well be one of the solutions to the present environmental problems. This article examines the environmental governance model of one of the indigenous peoples of India, the Khasi tribe of the state of Meghalaya.