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020			_a9781032116396
028			_a: Feel Books Pvt. Ltd. _b: 4381/4, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi-110002 _c: D/CRB26-27/943 _d: 01/10/2026
082			_a333.750 SEN
100			_aSen, Amrita.
245			_aA Political Ecology of Forest Conservation In India _b: Communities, Wildlife and the State. _c/ Amrit Sen
260			_aNew York _b: Routledge. _c, 2022
300			_axiv, 202p. _b: 24cm.
365			_b4350.10
520			_aThis book critically explores the political ecology of human marginalization, wildlife conservation and the role of the state in politicizing conservation frameworks, drawing on examples from forests in India. The book specifically demonstrates the nuances within human-environmental linkages, by showing how environmental concerns are not only ecological in content but also political. In India a large part of the forests and their surrounding areas were inhabited far before they were designated as protected areas and inviolate zones, with the local population reliant on forests for their survival and livelihoods. Thus, socioecological conflicts between the forest dependents and official state bodies have been widespread. This book uses a political ecology lens to explore the complex interplay between current norms of forest conservation and environmental subjectivities, illustrating contemporary articulation of forest rights and the complex mediations between forest dependents and different state and non-state bodies in designing and implementing regulatory standards for wildlife and forest protection. It foregrounds the issues of identity, migration and cultural politics while discussing the politics of conservation. Through a political ecology approach, the book not only is human-centric but also makes significant use of the role of non-humans in foregrounding the conservation discourse, with a particular focus on tigers. The book will be of great interest to students and academics studying forest conservation, human–wildlife interactions and political ecology.
650			_aForest conservation - India
650			_aForest ecology - India
650			_aHuman ecology
700			_aAmrita Sen.
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