SAVING WILD INDIA

Saving Wild India spells out
new and innovative ways to govern our wilderness and safeguard its future. In
his new book, naturalist and conservationist Valmik Thapar gives us a bold
yet considered plan to preserve and protect our dwindling forests, wildlife
and wilderness areas. Saving wild India (whether we realize it or not) is of
critical importance to the quality of life we lead today. It should therefore
be a priority, both at the level of the state and that of the individual, to
sort out the myriad problems that are leading to the destruction of our
forests and the extermination of our wildlife – poaching, timber smuggling,
illegal mining, flawed administrative policy and much much more. Drawing upon
more than forty years of experience in the field, the author gives us a
detailed blueprint on how to effect change and revitalize and expand our
forest cover. He argues for the repeal of archaic and ineffectual laws, the
framing and passing of enlightened legislation, the revamping of our training
institutes, the eradication of corruption, putting an end to the meddling of
politicians and bureaucrats, the reorganization of the Indian Forest Service,
enlightened wildlife tourism, an inclusive approach to conservation,
public-private partnerships, as well as a variety of other measures that
could check the ongoing damage to wild India.