Rewilding: India's Experiments in Saving Nature

ISBN-10: 0199474117
ISBN-13: 9780199474110
Series: Rewilding
Pages: 244
Language: English
Published: 2019-10-23
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Author: Bahar Dutt

Description

We live in a time of serious environmental catastrophes. Every year we lose thousands of species, even as others slip deeper into danger. The extinction crisis is well known; what is not are stories of people trying to turn the tide. In Rewilding, environmental journalist Bahar Dutt documents stories of hope for India's natural world. She meets people who are trying to conserve species not just by replenishing their dwindling numbers, but also by restoring their habitats in the wild. This means going to great lengths, from airlifting corals from coast to coast, to going undercover as a spy to check the availability of toxic drugs that wiped out a bird. In the process, Bahar learns that though it may not offer easy answers, rewilding can offer great rewards. And that news about the environment doesn't always have to be bad.