Ecological Conflicts and the Environmental Movement in India
Author(s)
Gadgil, Madhav; Guha, Ramachandra
Abstract
Nature-based conflicts have increased in frequency and intensity in India. They revolve around competing claims over forests, land, water, and fisheries, and have generated a new movement struggling for the rights of victims of ecological degradation. The environmental movement has added a new dimension to Indian democracy and civil society. It also poses an ideological challenge to the dominant notions of the meaning, content, and patterns of development.
