An Outline For Reform
Suniti Bhushan Datta
SAVING WILD INDIA: A BLUEPRINT FOR CHANGE by Valmik Thapar Aleph Book Company, New Delhi, 2015, 168 pp., 499
October 2015, volume 39, No 10

Wildlife, forests and natural resources in India have never before been under such a concerted threat of obliteration, as they are now, under a regime that is as keen on overexploiting them as they are cavalier towards the intrinsic value of the environment to human survival. Much has been commented on the future of the country’s forests and wilderness, but Valmik Thapar’s new book goes a step further and proposes an outline for reforming conservation and environmental policy in the country.

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