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Chargement... Indira Gandhi: A Life in Naturepar Jairam Ramesh
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. The book brings together all the experiences that Indira Gandhi had with nature in the field, and with nature conservationists, scientists, wildlife protection activists, etc., with many of whom she maintained a sustained and active correspondence and fruitful interaction, both within India and internationally. This resulted in many wilderness and biodiversity-rich areas being saved from dams and other massive development projects, and the constitution of many into national parks/ wildlife sanctuaries. She was the driving spirit behind many landmark efforts and undertakings like Project Tiger, which has brought Indian wildlife back from the brink. As the author says, Indira Gandhi was the main, sometimes the only, support for an embattled and battered forest service, but she was also critical of the crassly commercial and mono-cultural world view of the mainstream foresters. The author has done a great service by bringing together all this material in his inimitable manner, reminding us of the great debt that we owe to this great leader. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Indira Gandhi, prime minister of India for sixteen years, was as charismatic as she was controversial--at once admired and criticized for her political judgements and actions. Yet beyond such debate, what has not been fully understood is her life-long communion with nature and how that defined her very being. Weaving personal, political and environmental history, politician-scholar Jairam Ramesh narrates the compelling story of Indira Gandhi, the naturalist. He tells us why and how she came to make a private passion a public calling; how her views on the environment remained steadfast even as her political and economic stances changed; how her friendships with conservationists led to far-reaching decisions to preserve India's biodiversity; how she urged, cajoled and persuaded her colleagues as she took significant decisions particularly regarding forests and wildlife; and how her own finely-developed instincts and beliefs resulted in landmark policies, programmes, initiatives, laws and institutions, that have endured. Drawing extensively from unpublished letters, notes, messages and memos, Indira Gandhi: A Life in Nature offers a lively, conversational narrative of a relatively little known but fascinating aspect of Indira Gandhi's tumultuous life. Equally, the book acts as a compass to India at a time when the country faces the formidable challenge of ensuring ecological security and sustainability in its pursuit of high economic growth. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)954.045092History and Geography Asia India and South Asia 1947–1971 1966-1977 (Indira Gandhi)Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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