Sunita Narain
Sunita Narain
Sunita Narain is an Indian environmentalist and political activist as well as a major proponent of the Green concept of sustainable development. Narain is director general of the India-based research institute the Centre for Science and Environment, director of the Society for Environmental Communications, and editor of the fortnightly magazine, Down To Earth...
sending sounds
Sending in the commandos sounds very hip, but it isn't the whole solution.
benefit tiger
We have to get away from tiger conservation for the rich, by the rich. There has to be benefit sharing.
crucial identify program suggested tiger villages
What is suggested is a time-bound program to identify those villages which must be relocated because they are located in crucial tiger habitats.
carefully
We need a more nuanced and carefully devised strategy.
choice country lose peace share tiger war
In this case, the country has no choice but to make peace with the communities that share the tiger's home. If not, we will lose the war of conservation, tiger by tiger.
dirty issue loads stuff tip toxic
The Clemenceau issue is just the tip of the iceberg, and a dirty one at that. Loads of other toxic stuff is dumped.
keys water challenges
Water is the key to dealing with the twin challenges of poverty and growth.
future choices growth
The western model of growth that India and China wish to emulate is intrinsically toxic. It uses huge resources - energy and materials - and generates enormous waste... it remains many steps behind the problems it creates. India and China have no choice but to reinvent the development trajectory