| Publication |
New Delhi, Ranthambore Foundation, 1997.
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| Description |
160pRed Spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
A book about endangered habitats and species and the resultant problems that people and their environs can face. The concept of the book originates through the ongoing efforts of the Ranthambore Foundation to try and bridge some of the widening gaps that exist between man and nature, forests and settlements and most important of all people and protected areas.
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| Contents |
Introduction
Elusive leopard of the mountains
Asiatic Ibex, a goat of the desolate cold desert
The cheetah in India - Extinct
The great Indian Bustard
The lions of Gir
Giants of the forest
Sea turtles - Will they survive?
The tiger - Power and fragility
Dhole, the whistling hunter of the Indian jungle
The lion tailed Macaque
Are warblers less important than tigers?
A village of storks
Forests and settlements
Man and animal in India
The end of a century
Ranthambore Foundation
Wildlife, people, forests and non-governmental organisations
A directory of NGOs concerned with wildlife
References and further reading
About our contributors
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| Standard Number |
9622174671 Pb.
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