Human Conflict and Wildlife Conservation

Contents: Preface. 1. Human conflict and wildlife conservation. 2. Endangered species of India. 3. Modes of wildlife conservation in India. 4. Management of national parks and sanctuaries in India. 5. Rajaji Park and the regional context. 6. Ecodevelopment and people’s participation. Bibliography. Index.

“Man in his zeal for progress fails to realize that his own existence is being jeopardized. “Progress”, as he terms it, has made him contaminate air; pollute streams, lakes and oceans, drain, swamps and wetlands, lowering the water table; rape prairies and forests; spray pesticides over water and land; kill animals excessively for immediate profit, or on false assumptions that they are noxious or for fashionable “sport”. Man lone though often in combination with his livestock, is destroying the natural environment. Every species plays an, important role in marinating an ecological balance among the living systems of the earth. These systems must continue to functi0on if life is to survive. Loss of any species threatens the survival of several species inclusive of man.”