Review of Madhav Gadgil’s A Walk Up The Hill — Living with People and Nature: A cautionary tale
The HinduAs a teenager, he writes a letter to ornithologist Salim Ali at Bombay Natural History Society who replies to him about why one of the feathers of the green bee-eater disappears for a few weeks. Ecologist and policy maker Madhav Gadgil’s life is stuff made on dreams — but those that he has fulfilled. In spare prose, he makes sense of India’s huge biodiversity, diverse ecological zones, community requirements ranging from those who live in the foothills of revered mountains to those who live with sacred groves. While Carson’s book led to the creation of the US Environmental Protection Agency, Gadgil’s work has influenced environmental norms across India including the Biological Diversity Act. The Ghats connect Every monsoon, Indians living in the Western Ghats area remember Gadgil and his policy document that came out from his research in the fragile hilly region.
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