Biodiversity and Indian Culture

Contents: 1. Climate is not on sale. 2. Religions can mitigate man-nature deadlock. 3. Re-introducing an eco-warrior: Krishna cult of Braj. 4. Braj Yatra: the pilgrimage of biodiversity preservation. 5. Medicinal qualities of trees/plants conserved by Braj cults. 6. Religious imprint Vs carbon foot-print. The book highlights the relationship between our planet, people, past and present. It holds that natural scheme outweighs accidental order. While tracing ecological consciousness to early Indian culture it argues that we need to draw lessons from history to fortify biodiversity\'s equiangular spiral. (jacket)