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People, Parks and Wildlife

Towards Co-Existence

Vasant Saberwal, Mahesh Rangarajan and Ashish Kothari(Ed.s)

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Imprint	Orient BlackSwan
Year of Publishing	2001
Number of pages	156
ISBN	9788125019800
Format	Paperback
Language	English
Dimensions	140 x 216 mm
Series	Tracts for the Times
Catalogue(s)	Environment and Sustainability Studies

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The ideology of conservation in India today faces a crisis. Nature lovers, photographers, tourists continue to flock to the National Parks, hoping to see tigers in Ranthambor, lions in the Gir forests, and rare birds in Bharatpur. But smugglers and poachers, supported by politicians and business interests, sheltered by local communities, raid the protected forests for valuable exports. This tract traces the roots of such problems to the very ideology of conservation in India, and discusses its historical and conceptual basis.

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Vasant Saberwal,former research associate at the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore.

Mahesh Rangarajan,Fellow of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library.

Ashish Kothari,founder-member of Kalpavriksh, a 20 year old environmental action group. He is currently coordinating the Technical and Policy Core Group to help formulate India’s National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan.

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