GREEN WARS :

DISPATCHES

FROM A

VANISHING

WORLD

GROUP 7

Group Members

• Abhishek kumar

• Balram

• Harisha Vellanki

• Karan Singh Tanwar

• Neetu K Thomas

• Nitika Pant

• Pallav Saxena (Coordinator)

• Rahul Kumar Parmar

• Rahul Singh

• Ravindar Kumar

Green Wars : Dispatches from

Vanishing World

• Struggle between “neck – break pace of

growth” and the “sustenance of natural

resources” .

Author-

BAHAR DUTT

• Conservation

Biologist

• Environment

Journalist

• Recipient of

Wildscreen –

Green Oscars

Ideology

• Middle Path

- Development and Environment.

Purpose of the Author

• Debunking Myths

- Environmentalism stalling growth

- Higher growth leading to higher energy

consumption by weaker section

- EIA - Participatory

• Every activity undertaken – hidden environment Cost

• Realizing Priority – “Tipping Point”

Review

• Balanced and unbiased approach

- Environmentalism and Conservation

- Problems and Solution

- Conservationists and Human Rights Activists

• Brings to fore – Stark and unpleasant realty - Implementation of environmental legislation

• Nature and pristine wilderness dealt emphatically

• Not just “Big species", deals with small yet important links of Bio-diversity

• Appeals to emotion of the people

Strengths

• Reader friendly language

- Lucid writing

- Evokes mental pictures – easy to

relate

- Bold writing style

• Proposes solution and policy inputs

Weaknesses

• Only fauna covered

• Cliché notions

• Inappropriate Pictures

• More like a travelogue

Sources, Methodology and

Approach

• Personal and Journalistic experiences

• NGO- Greenpeace..etc.,

• Social and environmental Activist , Biologist

PERSONAL EXPERIENCES:

89TH FC ::TREKKING

Recommend to :

• Environmental enthusiasts

• Policy makers

• Civil servants

• Industrialists and Miners

• Economists

• Any average citizen of the country

THANK YOU!!!