Biodiversity conservation issues are often contentious and complex. Polarized debates on
the effectiveness of protected areas and role of people inside them, charismatic species as …

Tiger conservation in India represents an excellent case study of the many challenges facing
conservation programs internationally. It is well understood that tigers are sensitive to …

There is an urgent need for techniques to rapidly and periodically measure biodiversity and
ecosystem services over large landscapes. Conventional vegetation classification and …

Mistakenly classifying morphologically cryptic endemic species as populations of
widespread species potentially interferes with the conservation of biodiversity because …

Anthropogenic fires in Indian forests probably date back to the arrival of the first hominids on
the Indian subcontinent. However, with our continuing dependence on forests for a variety of …

The world is in the midst of a biodiversity crisis, threatening essential goods and services on
which humanity depends. While there is an urgent need globally for biodiversity research …

There is growing awareness of the problems of applying blueprint approaches to public
sector management in developing countries, however scholars lack tools for context-specific …

A third of all freshwater fishes globally are threatened with extinction1'2 making them one of
the most important verte brate groups in need of urgent conserva tion attention. Freshwater …

This article considers the formation of moral and ethical worlds in India, drawing largely on
cases reporting on modern times, as people interact with or imagine the landscapes in …

Recreational fishing is an established activity in developed countries across the world. Many
emerging economies have well-established recreational fisheries; however, in countries …