Paper short abstract:

This paper focuses on strategies to help people to better adapt to the relocation process. It will highlight frameworks around better use of monetary compensation, bridging the gap between communities & authorities, and paying attention to alternatives that suit ecosystem changes for sustainability.

Paper long abstract:

Relocation, in the context of Kanha National Park Central India, is considered a forceful eviction by some. It has broken people's relationship with the forest. Tribals revere the forest as their deity and protector. But tribals believe that forest is a mere commodity for the enjoyment of outsiders because of tourism and conservation discourse. This paper focuses on strategies to help people to better adapt to the relocation process. It will highlight frameworks around better use of monetary compensation, bridging the gap between communities and authorities, and paying attention to alternatives that suit ecosystem changes for sustainability. It will emphasize in multimodal methodologies such as Narratives/Visuals/Indigenous knowledge can be utilized in the conservation discourse.