Battles over nature
Subtitle: science and the politics of conservation
By: edited by Vasant K. Saberwal, Mahesh Rangarajan.
Contributors: Saberwal, Vasant K.; Rangarajan, Mahesh.
Series: Ecology and wildlife series
Publisher: Permanent Black; Distributed by Orient Longman; Orient Blackswan
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Delhi; Bangalore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 412
Subjects: Political ecology.; Nature conservation -- Political aspects -- India.
Description: With reference to India.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Why big, fierce animals are threatened : conserving large mammals in densely populated landscapes / M.D. Madhusudan and Charudutt Mishra; title: The anatomy of ignorance or ecology in a fragmented landscape : do we know what really counts? / Renee Borges; title: Ecology and objective based management : case study of the Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan / Beth Middleton; title: Conservation outside protected areas : case study of bustard protection / Asad R. Rahmani; title: The authoritarian biologist and the arrogance of anti-humanism : wildlife conservation in the third world / Ramachandra Guha; title: Sustainability and the scientist's burden / Sharachchandra Lélé and Richard B. Norgaard; title: The politics of ecology : the debate on wildlife and people in India, 1970-95 / Mahesh Rangarajan; title: Conservation by state fiat; title: Vasant K. Saberwal; title: States, communities, and conservation : the practice of ecodevelopment in the Great Himalayan National Park / Amita Baviskar; title: Forging a consensus in Rajaji National Park : an interview / B.M.S. Rathore; title: Community approaches to conservation : some comparisons from Africa and India / Alan Rodgers, Dawn Hartley and Sultana Bashir; title: Reflections on community involvement in conservation / K. Sivaramakrishnan.