In search of common ground: Political ecology and conservation in the development age
Srinivasan, Krithika and Kasturirangan, Rajesh (2017) In search of common ground: Political ecology and conservation in the development age. Geoforum, 82. pp. 87-88. ISSN 00167185
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In this essay, we respond to Menon and Karthik’s recent comments on our earlier critical review, which appeared in this journal. We clarify some of our original arguments and also draw out practical implications of the conceptual interventions made earlier. Specifically, we draw attention to the common ground shared by political ecology and the social formation of conservation by pointing to why conservation becomes necessary in the first place. We thus urge for a refocusing of political ecological attention from limited and limiting critiques of conservation to the root cause of socio-ecological marginalization in today’s world: the pursuit of development at multiple scales.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Authors: | Srinivasan, Krithika and Kasturirangan, Rajesh |
| Document Language: | Language English |
| Subjects: | Social sciences > Economics > Production > Sustainable development Social sciences > Law > Labor, social, education & cultural law > Miscellaneous social problems and services > Environmental protection Natural Sciences > Life sciences; biology > Ecology |
| Divisions: | Azim Premji University - Bengaluru |
| Full Text Status: | None |
| URI: | http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/7302 |
| Publisher URL: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2017.04.002 |
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