TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gadgil, Madhav
AU  - Rao, P. R. Seshagiri
TI  - Nurturing biodiversity : an Indian agenda
SN  - 8186385134
U1  - 333.950954 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Ahmedabad
PB  - Centre for Environment Education
N1  - CONTENTS 1 Reckoning with Life 1 1.1 On the threshold 1.2 New regimes 1.3 Practical ecological knowledge 2 Science-Fast and Slow  13 2.1 Putting information to good use 2.2 Slow science of Ayurveda 2.3 Fast science of Allopathy 2.4 Standardizing names 2.5 What is new knowledge? 2.6 Lack of methodology of validation 2.7 Sharing information 2.8 Health care 3 Conservation or Confiscation?  24 3.1 How 'scientific' is our management of natural systems? 3.2 Ecosystem people versus omnivores 4 The Iron Triangle  30 4.1 Perverse incentives 4.2 Bamboo: A case study 4.3 Condemning traditions 5 Conservation Initiatives  38 5.1 Parks and sanctuaries 5.2 An elitist approach 5.3 Disturbance and diversity 5.4 Sacred sites 5.5 Keystone species 6 Our Weaknesses  46 7 Environment and the National Agenda 49 7.1 Emerging objectives 7.2 Efficiency and equity 7.3 A broad spectrum approach 8 Custodians of Diversity 54 8.1 Involving people 8.2 Promoting larger interests 8.3 Social justice 9 Governing the Commons 57 9.1 Outstanding questions 9.2 Designing alternative institutions 9.3 An integrated approach 9.4 Supply and safety regimes 9.5 Rights and role of the local community 9.6 Primary health care 9.7 Education and information systems 10 Spelling Out a Framework 62 10.1 Role of grama sabha 10.2 State and national level institutions 10.3 Re-defining the role and powers of government agencies 10.4 Legal support 10.5 Managing funds 10.6 Ingredients of success . 10.7 Setting conservation priorities 10.8 Formulating appropriate incentives 11 The International Context 73 11.1 No longer a common heritage 11.2 Sovereign property 12 Protecting Our Interests 82 12.1 A promotional approach 12.2 North-south co-operation 12.3 Defining biodiversity resources 13 Specifications-IPR and Country of Origin 86 13.1 Mandatory disclosure 13.2 Distribution patterns of living organisms 13.3 Dispersals 13.4 Defining country of origin 14 A Global Framework 92 14.1 Clearing house facility 14.2 Biodiversity conservation fund 14.3 Country shares 15 Enhancing Indigenous Capabilities 97 15.1 Strengths of MNCs 15.2 Turmeric and neem: Two approaches 15.3 Material transfer agreements 15.4 Protecting people's rights 15.5 People's biodiversity registers 16 Biodiversity Information Systems 103 16.1 Multiple forms of information 16.2 Organizing a service industry 16.3 Biodiversity data banks today 16.4 Need for a comprehensive system 17 Meeting the Challenge 107 17.1 Harnessing practical ecological knowledge 17.2 Training barefoot ecologists 17.3 Organizing a scientific biodiversity information system 17.4 Documentation by student-teacher teams 17.5 People's environment registers 18 Biodiversity Cells-Structure and Financing 138 18.1 Structure and management 18.2 Self financing-ways and means 18.3 Problems with royalty payments 19.  Role of Panchayats 141 19.1 Decentralising natural resource management 19.2 Special grants and awards 20 In Tune with the Times 148 20.1 Growth with equity 20.2 Moving away from exclusion 20.3 Rejecting leaky patronage 20.4 State as a catalyst with accountability Suggested Reading 153 Index  157
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