Nitin Rai

Trouble in Tigerland: Why conservation efforts continue to fail

Nitin Rai explores how conservation projects have produced marginalised communities and erased social and cultural histories.

Posted on 30 Nov, 2011 11:53 AM

Guest Post: Nitin Rai, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)

Drawing upon his experience working with the Soligas who live within the Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary, Nitin Rai talks about the ‘wilderness’ myth and explores the origins and impacts of the belief that people and animals cannot co-exist.

map showing the Soliga lands within the BRT

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