Rethinking Environmentalism Linking Justice, Sustainability, and Diversity
Author/s: Dr. Sharachchandra LeleEduardo S. BrondizioJohn ByrneGeorgina M. MaceJoan Martinez-AlierYear: 2018Publisher: MIT PressA multidisciplinary examination of alternative framings of environmental problems, with using examples from forest, water, energy, and urban sectors. Does being an environmentalist mean caring about wild nature? Or is environmentalism synonymous with concern for future human well-being, or about a fair apportionment […]
Not seeing the grass for the trees: Timber plantations and agriculture shrink tropical montane grassland by two-thirds over four decades in the Palani Hills, a Western Ghats Sky Island
M. Arasumani,Danish Khan,Arundhati Das,Ian Lockwood,Robert Stewart,Ravi A. Kiran,M. Muthukumar,Milind Bunyan ,V. V. Robin PLoS ONE | January 10, 2018 Tropical montane habitats, grasslands, in particular, merit urgent conservation attention owing to the disproportionate levels of endemic biodiversity they harbour, the ecosystem services they provide, and the fact that they are among the most threatened habitats […]
