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This chapter poses a challenge to the utility and value of the Ecological Society of America’s guidelines for land use and management (Dale et al., Chapter 1) by conducting a hypothetical, post hoc analysis of India’s utilization of the inviolate “national park” model as a tool for saving the Bengal tiger. Both the utility and value of the ESA’s guidelines are affirmed, but not without revision. For protected area/species preservation efforts to work, the principles guiding planning decisions must be informed not only by ecological science, but at all points, by the social, cultural, and political environment of the human communities directly impacted by those decisions.
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Botteron, C.A. (2001). India’s “Project Tiger” Reserves: The Interplay Between Ecological Knowledge and the Human Dimensions of Policymaking for Protected Habitats. In: Dale, V.H., Haeuber, R.A. (eds) Applying Ecological Principles to Land Management. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0099-1_7
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