Conservation as Politics: Wildlife Conservation and Resource Management in India(1).

From: Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy | Date: June 22, 2000| Author: Saberwal, Vasant K. | Copyright information

Keywords

India; protected areas.

1. Introduction

Wildlife conservation in India, as in most parts of the world, is complex and often contentious. What on the surface appears to be a simple issue of protecting wild animals and plants from forces beyond their control, on closer inspection quickly dissolves into a complex tangle of conflicting issues: human rights versus the protection of animals and forests, the exclusion of all humans from protected...

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