Conservation and Development in India

Reimagining Wilderness

Shonil Bhagwat

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Routledge
23 January 2018

Development studies; Conservation of the environment

Series: Earthscan Conservation and Development

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, albeit isolated, spaces for wild nature, whereas development is concerned with fast-tracking the construction of built infrastructure while also rolling out nationwide welfare programmes – promising food, clothing and shelter for the poorest of the poor living in rural India. Conservation and development therefore have very different motivations and attempts to find a common ground have been fraught with challenges. This has been particularly so on the fringes of wildlife parks, where the rural poor come in frequent contact with wild animals to the detriment of both people and wildlife.

Chapters are written by leading scholars on India to provide a vision of the future of Indian nature conservation. Whilst focused on India, the book will also be of interest to scholars and researchers of conservation and development more globally. As a ‘rising power’, the world’s eyes are set on India’s development trajectory and there is unprecedented interest in the course of development that the world’s largest democracy takes in the decades to come.

Edited by: Shonil Bhagwat
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138922334
ISBN 10: 1138922331
Series: Earthscan Conservation and Development
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 23 January 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Shonil Bhagwat is an academic at the Open University, UK. As an interdisciplinary scholar with a background in natural and social sciences, his research interests centre on the links between environment and development. His research addresses the perceived grand environmental challenges within the context of growing discussion on the Anthropocene, the age of humans. He was previously Course Director of the MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management at the University of Oxford, UK. He has DPhil and MSc degrees from the University of Oxford, and MSc and BSc degrees from the University of Pune, India.

Reviews for Conservation and Development in India: Reimagining Wilderness

Conservation and Development in India is an immensely valuable contribution to debates about the future of wildlife, poverty and sustainable development. India is at a crossroads: a vast democracy with a rapidly growing and industrialising economy, and many people locked in chronic poverty. Its biodiversity is remarkable, and nature is everywhere under pressure. The choices that are made about nature, society and economy are important both within India itself and for the model they offer to the wider industrialising world. - W. (Bill) M. Adams, Moran Professor of Conservation and Development, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, UK