Conservation and Development in India: Reimagining Wilderness
In: Earthscan Conservation and Development
In: Earthscan Conservation and Development Ser.
Conservation and Development in India- Front Cover -- Conservation and Development in India -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Conservation and development in India -- Background to this book -- Concepts in this book -- Chapters in this book -- References -- Chapter 2: The impact of the Anthropocene in the locality: Eastern India in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- The environmental history of a locality -- South Asian environmental history -- Eastern India in the Anthropocene -- A long history of tribal resistance -- Post 1991 -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: For the environment, against conservation: Conflict between renewable energy and biodiversity protection in India -- Introduction -- The three cases: Karnataka, Maharashtra and Himachal Pradesh -- Mobilisation of actors around renewable energy as sustainable development -- Mobilisation of actors around the conservation of biodiversity -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: Species and sites matter: Understanding human–wildlife interactions from 5,000 surveys in India -- Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 5: Thinking like an elephant, looking beyond protected areas -- Introduction -- Bharathan and friends at Thorapally -- The O'Valley elephants and the people they encounter -- Coexistence narratives and on-the-ground 'HEC mitigation' -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6: Biodiversity in community-managed landscapes: A view of the potential and constraints in the van panchayats of the Kumaon Himalayas -- Introduction -- Study area and methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References