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Vol. 17 No. 33 (2019)
Enero - Junio

Articles

Origin of Conservation Refugees The Downside of Environment Protection in India

https://doi.org/10.19053/16923936.v17.n33.2019.13706

Published 2019-01-05

  • Anju Lis Kurian
    • ,
  • Muñoz-Telles Muñoz-Telles
    • ,
  • Daniel Rigoberto Bernal-Gomez
    • ,
  • C Vinodan

Abstract

The conservation of biodiversity and natural resources can help offer a sustainable supply of goods and services to fulfil the right of people to development and livelihood. However, the conservation record is not inspiring in India and across the world, when its social, economic, and cultural impacts on local people are considered. Conservation projects that exclude local people may conserve natural resources to an extent but not people’s access to livelihoods. By being a densely populated country, India cannot encourage the strategy of “pristine nature” in its conservation initiatives.

 

Keywords

Environmental law, refugees, climate change, Sustainable development, Conservationism.

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Author Biography

Anju Lis Kurian

Becaria postdoctoral de la Comisión de Becas Universitarias de la India-UGC, por sus siglas en inglés

(University Grants Comission)

Muñoz-Telles Muñoz-Telles

Lawyer from the National University of Colombia, Specialist in Human Development and candidate for a Master's in Human Development from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences. FLACSO-Argentina and Member of HDCA-Human Development and Capability Association.

Daniel Rigoberto Bernal-Gomez

Lawyer from the National University of Colombia, Specialist in Private Economic Law. Master in Administrative Law from the Universidad Libre de Bogotá. Doctoral Student in Law National University of Mar de Plata, Argentina. Professor Faculty of Law, Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia

C Vinodan

Profesor en la Escuela de Relaciones Internacionales Mahatma Gandhi de la Universidad Kottayam en la India

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