Contents: Preface. 1. Resource Management and Livelihood Issues: conceptual and theoretical framework/Inku Devi and Ashok Kumar Bora. 2. Livelihood opportunities and security through local resource management in the rural areas of North-East India/Dhrubajit Sarma and Sanjay Sharma. 3. Mineral deposits of North-East India: conservation and management issues/Priyam Barthakur. 4. Forest and livelihood issues in North-East India/Debashree Borah, Binod Kumar Nath and Ashok Kumar Bora. 5. Livelihood and the land use pattern of Muslim immigrants: a comparative study between immigrant and indigenous communities in the Brahmaputra floodplain in Assam/Haruhisa Asada. 6. Coastal resources and a holistic understanding of livelihood pattern of coastal dwellers: a case study of Sunderban and Sagar Islands in West Bengal/Ranjan Roy. 7. Diversification of crops as a major change in agriculture: a case study of Bihar/Anuradha Sahay and Smiti Rekha. 8. Climate change, natural resource management and livelihood security in Assam/R L Deka and Parishmita Das. 9. Role of aquaculture in sustainable development in Assam/Dipanjan Kashyap. 10. Socio-spatial dimensions of population growth and educational attainment in North-East India/Bimal K. Kar and Preceileena Koch. 11. Wetland resources and livelihood in Assam/Durlov Lahon and Dhrubajyoti Sahariah. 12. Conservation livelihood: a concept of integrating nature conservation and livelihood experimental learning from Manas National Park of Assam, India/Jayanta Kr Sarma and Bibhuti Prasad Lahkar. 13. Land resources management and rural livelihoods in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam/Manash Jyoti Bhuyan and Nityananda Deka. 14. Culture and livelihood: the state of traditional handloom cottage industry of two man (Tai Speaking) Sub-tribes of Assam/Koncheng Buragohain and Madhushree Das. 15. Rethinking Women and Ecology at the backdrop of development conundrum/Trishita Shandilya. 16. Jhum cultivation and livelihood opportunities in Garo Hills, Meghalaya, India/Trishna Moni Tamuli and Ashok Kumar Bora. 17. Agriculture and livelihood pattern in Nagaon district, Assam/Dibyajyoti Saikia. Index.