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Deliberating Environmental Policy in India

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As one of the world’s largest and most bio-diverse countries, India’s approach to environmental policy will be very significant in tackling global environmental challenges. This book explores the transformations that have taken place in the making of environmental policy in India since the economic liberalization of the 1990s. It investigates if there has been a slow shift from top-down planning to increasingly bottom up and participatory policy processes, examining the successes and failures of recent environmental policies. Linking deliberation to collective action, this book contends that it is crucial to involve local actors in framing the policies that decide on their rights and control over bio-resources in order to achieve the goal of sustainable human development. The first examples of large-scale participatory processes in Indian environmental policy were the 1999 National Biodiversity Strategy Action Plan and the 2006 Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act. This book explores these landmark policies, exploring the strategies of advocacy and deliberation that led to both the successes and failures of recent initiatives. It concludes that in order to deliberate with the state, civil society actors must engage in forms of strategic advocacy with the power to push agendas that challenge mainstream development discourses. The lessons learnt from the Indian experience will not only have immediate significance for the future of policy making in India, but they will also be of interest for other countries faced with the challenges of integrating livelihood and sustainability concerns into the governance process.

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ISBN: 9781138476738
Publication date: 12th January 2018
Author: Sunayana (University of Lausanne, Switzerland) Ganguly
Publisher: Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 196 pages
Series: Routledge Studies in Asia and the Environment
Genres: Regional / International studies
Regional geography
Society and culture: general
Environmental science, engineering and technology
Human geography
Jurisprudence and general issues
Regional, state and other local government
Sociology
International law