What's left of the jungle: a conservation story

By:

Sekar, Nitin

Publication details: Bloomsbury India, 2022. New Delhi:Description: x, 349p.; pbk; 22cmISBN:

9789354352218

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

333.95416092 SEK

Summary: Indian officials estimate that over half a million families lose crops or property to wild elephants a year. Akshu Atri, born and raised in Buxa Tiger Reserve, is one such victim. Elephants have destroyed his kitchen, regularly take over half of his annual crop yield, and have even killed some of his neighbours. Akshu could hate elephants, but he doesn't - neither does his family nor most of their community. By telling Akshu's story - of his childhood destitution, family tragedies, romantic pursuits, entanglements with poachers and smugglers, and his tumultuous rise out of poverty - What's Left of the Jungle unravels the complex affection that rural Indians have for jungle wildlife. https://www.bloomsbury.com/in/whats-left-of-the-jungle-9789354355868/#:~:text=story%20%2D%20of%20his%20childhood%20destitution,Indians%20have%20for%20jungle%20wildlife.

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Indian officials estimate that over half a million families lose crops or property to wild elephants a year. Akshu Atri, born and raised in Buxa Tiger Reserve, is one such victim. Elephants have destroyed his kitchen, regularly take over half of his annual crop yield, and have even killed some of his neighbours. Akshu could hate elephants, but he doesn't - neither does his family nor most of their community. By telling Akshu's story - of his childhood destitution, family tragedies, romantic pursuits, entanglements with poachers and smugglers, and his tumultuous rise out of poverty - What's Left of the Jungle unravels the complex affection that rural Indians have for jungle wildlife.

https://www.bloomsbury.com/in/whats-left-of-the-jungle-9789354355868/#:~:text=story%20%2D%20of%20his%20childhood%20destitution,Indians%20have%20for%20jungle%20wildlife.

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