Despite decades of efforts to integrate conservation and development, India is torn between two very different worldviews of peoples' place in the country's natural environment. This book takes a critical look at nature conservation and poverty alleviation in India. It opens up discussion of the conservation-development nexus in a country that stands at a major crossroads, where forces of neoliberalism, globalisation and urbanisation are driving the future of India's environment.
As the book shows, conservation in India is increasingly concerned with creating 'theme parks' - inviolate,...
Despite decades of efforts to integrate conservation and development, India is torn between two very different worldviews of peoples' place in the cou...
