Changes in Land Use Practices of Indigenous People in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh : An Analysis of Political-Economy Perspective

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The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh is the home of a half million of indigenous people. Land rights of these people are based on customs and traditions that dates backs to many centuries. Their land use systems also differ from other parts of the country. They have been living on shifting cultivation locally known as jhum for centuries and the relationship between the indigenous people and this subsistence cultivation enriched their cultural identities through ages. But this old-aged land use practices are seriously affected by the development programs carried out by the governments in different periods of time. The development programs were little regard for their impact on the indigenous people and their way of life; many of the programs became inconsistent regard for the indigenous people, their value systems and traditional life. The traditional subsistence land use systems have gradually been changed to market oriented land use practices. The life styles of the indigenous people have also been changed to closer link with market economy. Many indigenous people, now-a-days, have become wage labor losing their resource base to the outsiders or to the government agencies. With the failure of government intervention in the resource management in the CHT, it is suggested that participatory approach of resource management where the local people should be included and their indigenous knowledge should be the basis for designing such intervention of resource management.
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Changes in Land Use Practices of Indigenous People in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh : An Analysis of Political-Economy Perspective

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