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Title

Ecological journeys : the science and politics of conservation in India / Madhav Gadgil.

Author

Gadgil, Madhav.

Publication

New Delhi : Permanent Black in association with Ravi Dayal Publisher ; Bangalore : Distributed by Orient Longman, c2001.

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Description

xi, 257 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Permanent Black ecology and wildlife series

Uniform Title

Permanent Black ecology and wildlife series.

Subject

Ecotourism > India

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [256]-257).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine generated contents note: SECTION I: THE WEALTH OF WILDLIFE -- 1. Why do Blackbuck Males turn Black? -- 2. Of Geese and Grass -- 3. Are Ants Prudent? -- 4. The Birdlife of Bandipur -- 5. Too Many Crocs Crowd the Pool -- SECTION TWO: ECOLOGY, THE SCIENCE OF LIFE -- 6. A Rational Approach to Wildlife Management -- 7. Of Life and Artefacts -- 8. Tree of Life -- 9. The Diversity Contest -- 10. The Uses of Eccentricity: The Making Of Salim Ali -- 11. Scientist as Activist: M.K.Prasad -- 12. The Abuses of Science -- SECTION III: THE PRICE OF DEVELOPMENT -- 13. Development for Destruction -- 14. The Grass Used to be Greener -- 15. Environmentalism at the Crossroads -- 16. An .lternative Development Strarte? -- 17. Challenge of the Sea Bird -- 18. Railroads to New Deserts -- SECTION IV: PARADIGMS OF HOPE -- 19. Development through Participation: -- An Experiment in Bedthi -- 20. Groves for the Gods -- 21. Divine Symbols, Divided People -- 22. The Tale of the Bishnois -- 23. How to Save a Mountain Range -- 24. Greening the Himalaya -- SECTION V: THE WAY AHEAD -- 25. The Problems of Ill-Informed Activism -- 26. Indian Environmentalism: Emerging Paradigms -- 27. A People's Movement -- 28. The Uses of Nature -- 29. Conserving India's Biodiversity. -- Let the People Speak -- 30. An Ecologist's Itinerary -- Further Reading.

ISBN

8178240157

LCCN

^^2001358946

OCLC

• 48055939
• SCSB-11005177

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library