Reinventing Nature in Kaziranga National Park: A History of Rhinoceros Conservation in Assam, 1948–1974

A restrictive approach in managing Protected Areas (PA) is often attributed to 'Western' ideas of nature. This view claims that national elites embraced Western ideas of nature—which supposedly has no place for humans—to produce pristine wilderness in PAs by banning grazing, fishing, and f...

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Main Author: Biswajit Sarmah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-01-01
Series:Conservation & Society
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Online Access:http://www.conservationandsociety.org/article.asp?issn=0972-4923;year=2023;volume=21;issue=2;spage=133;epage=143;aulast=Sarmah