This book explores two principal contradictions in environmental politics in India--between conservation and large-scale development projects, and between short-term electoral politics and long-term imperatives of environmental conservation. The Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) in Himachal Pradesh, north-western India, is home to the western Tragopan--an endangered pheasant. It shares its habitat with the local population living on the park's fringes. This book demonstrates that both conservation and development are inter-related and inherently political.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/books/democratizing-nature-politics-conservation-and-development-india
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ashwini-chhatre
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/vasant-k-saberwal
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/oxford-university-press
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