The wild heart of India: nature and conservation in the city, the country, and the wild

Frustrated by the forest department that had denied him research permits to set up mist nets to capture the species, Raman describes how, in that fraction of a second when he reached out to grab the white bellied blue fly catcher (a bird endemic to the Western Ghats), it sheds her feathers, perhaps...

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Published inConservation and society Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 311 - 312
Main Author Dutt, Bahar
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bangalore Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.07.2020
Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
Subjects
Birds
Conservation
Cultivation
Development projects
Fragmentation
Habitat fragmentation
Natural history
Nature
Palm oil
Population decline
Science
Scientists
Species
Vegetable oils
Writers
Writing
India
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ISSN0972-4923
0975-3133
DOI10.4103/cs.cs_20_55

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Summary:Frustrated by the forest department that had denied him research permits to set up mist nets to capture the species, Raman describes how, in that fraction of a second when he reached out to grab the white bellied blue fly catcher (a bird endemic to the Western Ghats), it sheds her feathers, perhaps as a sign of stress. What makes Shankar's writing relevant is this precise engagement with controversial subjects - such as linear infrastructure, fragmentation of forests for palm oil cultivation or species decline due to big development projects. While the book maintains its non-academic style, it does debate the hard issues within conservation science- the impact of habitat fragmentation on species, the dichotomy of ecology vs. the economy.
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ISSN:0972-4923
0975-3133
DOI:10.4103/cs.cs_20_55